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A) 1979 B) 1945 C) 1989 D) 1961
A) 1989 B) 1975 C) 2001 D) 1995
A) United States B) West Germany C) East Germany D) Russia
A) 1985 B) 2000 C) 1995 D) 1990
A) Bill Clinton B) George H.W. Bush C) John F. Kennedy D) Ronald Reagan
A) October 3 B) August 13 C) December 25 D) November 9
A) The Great Divide B) The Steel Barrier C) The Concrete Divide D) The Iron Curtain
A) South Berlin B) West Berlin C) North Berlin D) East Berlin
A) Checkpoint Bravo B) Checkpoint Alpha C) Checkpoint Charlie D) Checkpoint Delta
A) The Great Divide. B) The Concrete Barrier. C) The Iron Curtain. D) The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall).
A) The Great Divide. B) The 'Wall of Shame'. C) The Iron Curtain. D) The Concrete Barrier.
A) An autocratic regime. B) A social market economy with a democratic parliamentary government. C) A communist state under Soviet control. D) A centrally planned socialist economy.
A) "Wiederaufbau" (reconstruction). B) "Sozialismus" (socialism). C) "Kapitalismus" (capitalism). D) "Wirtschaftswunder".
A) "Blockade." B) "Unification." C) "Wirtschaftswunder." D) "Republikflucht."
A) 187,000 B) 331,000 C) 182,000 D) 165,000
A) Joseph Stalin B) Mikhail Pervukhin C) Vyacheslav Molotov D) Walter Ulbricht
A) 1 May 1953 B) 15 June 1951 C) 1 April 1952 D) 30 September 1954
A) Open borders for free movement B) Negotiate with Western powers C) Build up their border defenses and consider the demarcation line a dangerous border D) Remove all border defenses
A) No barriers were erected B) Electric fences C) Concrete walls D) A barbed-wire fence
A) 1961 B) 1955 C) 1953 D) 1956
A) 11 December 1957 B) 1 January 1958 C) 23 September 1959 D) 15 June 1956
A) 60% B) Well over 90% C) 50% D) 75%
A) 1960 B) 1951 C) 1955 D) 1949
A) Nikita Khrushchev B) Konrad Adenauer C) Walter Ulbricht D) Yuri Andropov
A) Economic reasons. B) Family reunification. C) Better climate. D) Political reasons.
A) 70.5% B) 61% C) 75% D) 50%
A) $7 billion to $9 billion B) $10 billion to $12 billion C) $15 billion to $17 billion D) $5 billion to $6 billion
A) $20 billion B) $10 billion C) $25 billion D) $17 billion
A) It was not particularly useful. B) It resulted in international sanctions. C) It caused economic instability. D) It led to increased hostility in West Germany.
A) Nikita Khrushchev B) John F. Kennedy C) James Reston D) Walter Ulbricht
A) At a garden party in Döllnsee B) In Berlin at a government office C) During a press conference on 15 June 1961 D) At the Vienna summit
A) Families were reunited across the sectors. B) Family reunifications became easier due to new policies. C) Many families were split apart. D) The Wall had no significant impact on family structures.
A) The Soviet Union's leader. B) Mayor Willy Brandt. C) Secretary of State Dean Rusk. D) President Kennedy.
A) DIA B) FBI C) The National Security Agency D) CIA
A) Tegel Airport B) Berlin Brandenburg Airport C) Tempelhof Airport D) Schönefeld Airport
A) 140 km (87 mi) B) 160 km (99 mi) C) 177 km (110 mi) D) 200 km (124 mi)
A) Six meters wide B) No more than four meters wide C) Eight meters wide D) Ten meters wide
A) 8 percent B) 58 percent C) 25 percent D) 12 percent
A) Something to Do with the Wall (1991) B) Rabbit à la Berlin (2009) C) The American Sector (2020) D) The Road to the Wall (1962)
A) Winfried Freudenberg B) Günter Litfin C) Peter Fechter D) Chris Gueffroy
A) Four percent B) Six percent C) 24 percent D) 58 percent
A) Orders to capture and imprison defectors B) Shoot-to-kill orders C) Instructions to let defectors escape D) Shooting orders (Schießbefehl)
A) "Honecker muss weg!" (Honecker must go!). B) "Gorby, help us!" C) "Wir bleiben hier!" (We are staying here!). D) "Freiheit jetzt!" (Freedom now!).
A) Schönefeld (partially) B) Lübbenau/Spreewald C) Königs Wusterhausen D) Mittenwalde
A) Schattenbahnhöfe B) Nachtbahnhöfe C) Finsternisbahnhöfe D) Geisterbahnhöfe
A) RTL B) ProSieben C) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) D) ARD
A) Brandenburg B) Thuringia C) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern D) Saxony
A) David Hasselhoff B) Elton John C) David Bowie D) Bruce Springsteen
A) Banksy B) Keith Haring C) Shepard Fairey D) Thierry Noir
A) January 1989 B) 26 June 1963 C) 12 June 1987 D) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall
A) Elsner B) Veryl Goodnight C) Kremlingames D) Liza Fox
A) Swimming across the Spree River B) A homemade natural gas-filled balloon crash C) Jumping out of an apartment window D) Driving a sports car through fortifications
A) Potsdam, Werder (Havel), Schwielowsee B) Brandenburg an der Havel, Rathenow, Premnitz C) Stahnsdorf, Kleinmachnow, Teltow D) Nuthetal, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Oberkrämer
A) Funeral in Berlin (1966) B) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) C) Escape from East Berlin (1962) D) Casino Royale (1967)
A) Hohen Neuendorf B) Oranienburg C) Neuruppin D) Gransee
A) Sonnenallee (1999) B) Open The Wall (2014) C) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) D) The Tunnel (2001)
A) 58 percent B) 6 percent C) 10 percent D) 24 percent
A) Crosby, Stills & Nash B) Sex Pistols C) Klein Orkest D) Camel
A) Neutral international forces. B) East German border guards. C) Western Allies themselves. D) Soviet military personnel.
A) He hoped that all barriers would be torn down. B) He announced a new album release. C) He criticized Western policies. D) He supported the East German government.
A) 29 B) 5 C) 70 D) 19
A) Reinforcement wall B) Hinterland wall (inner wall) C) Secondary barrier D) Outer wall
A) B96 highway B) A10 autobahn C) B101 highway D) Berlin-Helmstedt autobahn
A) Großbeeren B) Jüterbog C) Trebbin D) Luckenwalde
A) Winston Churchill B) Theresa May C) Margaret Thatcher D) Tony Blair
A) Checkpoint Charlie B) New crossings opened after the 1972 agreements C) Friedrichstraße station D) Checkpoint Alpha
A) 58 percent B) 8 percent C) 25 percent D) 12 percent
A) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher B) U.S. President John F. Kennedy C) U.S. President Ronald Reagan D) GDR Leader Erich Honecker
A) 'Heroes' (1977) by David Bowie B) Stationary Traveller (1984) C) Once (1990) by Roy Harper D) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols
A) Six percent B) 24 percent C) 58 percent D) Ten percent
A) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) B) The Tunnel (2001) C) Sonnenallee (1999) D) Open The Wall (2014)
A) Escape from East Berlin (1962) B) The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965) C) Night Crossing (1982) D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
A) 'Free' by Liza Fox (2013) B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie C) Chippin' Away D) Stationary Traveller by Camel
A) Conrad Schumann B) Thomas Krüger C) Günter Litfin D) Wolfgang Engels
A) 'Heroes' B) Chippin' Away C) Holidays in the Sun D) The Day the Wall Came Down
A) Elton John B) Madonna C) Bruce Springsteen D) David Hasselhoff
A) 24 percent B) Six percent C) 58 percent D) Ten percent
A) An American citizen B) A Soviet citizen C) A British citizen D) A Roman citizen
A) Conrad Schumann B) Thomas Krüger C) Günter Litfin D) Wolfgang Engels
A) Friedrichstraße B) Kurfürstendamm C) Potsdamer Platz D) Alexanderplatz
A) Sex Pistols B) Crosby, Stills & Nash C) Camel D) Klein Orkest
A) January 1989 B) 12 June 1987 C) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall D) 26 June 1963
A) Winfried Freudenberg B) Peter Fechter C) Ida Siekmann D) Günter Litfin
A) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie C) Over de muur D) 'Berliners'
A) 87% B) 74% C) 50% D) 35%
A) Sex Pistols B) Crosby, Stills & Nash C) Klein Orkest D) Camel
A) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher B) U.S. President John F. Kennedy C) GDR Leader Erich Honecker D) U.S. President Ronald Reagan
A) East German Communist Party B) FDJ youth organization C) West Berlin government D) Stasi
A) The Innocent (1993) B) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981) C) Bridge of Spies (2015) D) Night Crossing (1982)
A) Bridge of Spies (2015) B) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981) C) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) D) The Tunnel (2001)
A) 'Hitler's Highway' B) 'Lenin's Ladder' C) 'Napoleon's Pathway' D) 'Stalin's Carpet'
A) Falkensee B) Nauen C) Wustermark D) Kleinmachnow
A) All citizens without restrictions. B) Elderly pensioners. C) Only artists and musicians. D) West Berliners. |