How many people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall?
600 People
100
Wall dividing East and West Germany?
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
How long was the Berlin Wall?
96 miles
200
What was the Soviet Union and the United States racing to get more of?
What are Nuclear Weapons.
200
When was the second wall built?
June 1962
200
Which Germany was more developed?
What is West Germany?
200
Someone who gives up their allegiance to one state, in exchange for an allegiance in another, but is considered illegitimate by the first state
What is a Defector
200
How Did people try to get across the Berlin Wall?
By digging tunnels, making hand-made air balloons, and dodging border guards while running and climbing.
300
Two countries almost on the brink of war with each other.
United States and Soviet Union
300
How many walls were built in total?
4
300
Because of the building of the Berlin Wall, what did many people have to do?
Relocate their homes, which was a big hassle.
300
Two countries that are on the brink of a nuclear war, but don't go over.
What is brinkmanship?
300
Which was the most famous crossing point through the Berlin Wall?
What is Checkpoint Charlie
400
Two people who ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall
Who are Ulbricht and Nikita Khrushchev?
400
What day did the Berlin Wall fall?
What is November 9th, 1989
400
About how many people were arrested?
3,200 People
400
What does GDR stand for?
What is the German Democratic Republic?
400
About how many people made it across the border?
A) 1
B) 3,200
C) 5,000
D) 500,000,000
C
500
What heightened problems for the East German communist party?
Many people left the GDR and East Germany
500
What was used as a border between East and West Germany before the Berlin Wall was built?
What is barbed wire
500
18 year old bricklayer who tried to jump over the Berlin Wall but was shot and killed, and people tried to help but weren't allowed because they were held at gunpoint.
Who is Peter Fetcher
500
Krushchev and Eisenhower
Leaders of USSR and US
500
The Berlin Wall was...
A) 6 ft. tall
B) 13 ft. tall
C) 24 ft. tall
D) 1 ft. tall