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Name that Bloc!
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100
What year did the Berlin Wall go up?
1961.
100
What was the Berlin Blockade? Who started it? Why?
The Berlin Blockade was the Soviet Union's idea on how to get the Western Allies out of Berlin. They believed that if they could keep them from supplying their people with the essentials then they would have to leave.
100
How many sections was Germany divided into?
4.
100
Did not allow their people to visit the other Bloc's people.
Eastern Bloc
100
What war started almost immediately after WWII?
The Cold War.
200
What year did the blockade start?
1948
200
What is the Berlin Airlift? Was is successful?
The Berlin Airlift was a result of the Berlin Blockade. It was a way for the Western Allies to get supplies to their people in the city. It was successful because the Soviet Union ended up calling off the blockade.
200
How long did the Airlift last?
11 years
200
Wanted unification for Germany.
Western Bloc
200
The Marshall Plan was implemented in which year?
1948
300
What year did the Airlift end?
1949
300
What caused the building of the Berlin Wall?
Eastern Germany did not want anymore of their people to leave for West Germany so they decided to block it off.
300
How long did the wall separate the East and West?
28 years
300
Allowed people to visit their country with passes only.
Eastern Bloc
300
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
It allowed the United States to give financial and military help to struggling European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.
400
What year was the Wall torn down?
1989.
400
"To seal off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving." describes what event?
Berlin Blockade
400
How many miles did the wall span?
103
400
Comprised of three countries.
Western Bloc
400
Who gave the "Iron Curtain" speech?
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time.
500
What year was the treaty signed that reunited Eastern and Western Germany?
1990.
500
"Guarded by Soviet troops and became a symbol of the split between western and eastern Europe." describes which other event?
The building of the Berlin Wall.
500
How many people fled to West Berlin?
About 3 million
500
Owned a portion of Berlin which was surrounded by the other Bloc's land.
Western Bloc. Berlin was surrounded completely by East Germany therefore making it a democratic stronghold within a communist area.
500
What idea sprang from the "Iron Curtain" speech?
Containment, or the idea of stopping the spread of communism.
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