Because of the setting up of a capitalist market in THIS REGION, it enjoyed a higher standard of living and more prosperity than neighboring East Berlin, which had a communist system.
What is West Berlin?
100
The wall was first strung with THIS TYPE OF WIRE, then the wall was upgraded over the years, and eventually it ended up on top of the wall, to try to prevent people from climbing over.
What is barbed wire?
100
Before the wall was built, approximately THIS NUMBER of people crossed over the border between East and West Berlin every day.
What is 60,000?
200
THIS REGION rapidly lost population because of the huge difference in the standard of living in neighboring West Berlin. 2.5 million people left THIS REGION by 1961. The communist government in charge desperately needed to sustain it's labor force.
What is East Berlin?
200
When East Germany ADDED THIS TO THE WALL, people who touched it felt a tingle and saw a spark, and then their heart stopped.
What is Electricity?
200
THIS PRESIDENT made a speech in West Berlin in 1987, describing the freedom that Berliners should have and challenging Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Premier, to "Tear Down This Wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
300
After THIS WAR, The Soviets blockaded West Berlin (not the same as Berlin Wall) in an attempt to gain control over all of Berlin. This started the Berlin Airlift, where allied planes brought supplies to the population. Eventually, the blockade was lifted, but the Soviets saw the Berlin Wall as a replacement for the blockade.
What is World War II?
300
The Berlin Wall stretched for 96 miles, all the way around West Berlin. Watchtowers WITH SEVERAL OF THESE EACH were placed at every mile.
What are guards?
300
Some methods of escape to West Berlin included hang gliding, digging tunnels under the wall, using the sewage pipes, and using THESE, which used the HOT AIR from fire to keep aloft.
What are Hot-Air Balloons?
400
The democratic government in West Berlin allowed more personal freedom than THIS TYPE OF GOVERNMENT in East Berlin, enticing the East Berliners to migrate across the border.
What is communism?
400
The Berlin Wall wasn't just one wall. It included several concrete walls, with a no-man's land in between. The no-man's land was LACED WITH THESE, which blow people to pieces. Huge floodlights regularly swept the area.
What are bombs or mines?
400
After the wall was demolished in 1989-1990, THIS TYPE OF ATTRACTION was established on the old site of a famous checkpoint of the Berlin Wall. Here, tourists can view the names of everyone who dies trying to cross.
What is a museum?
500
Even though West Berlin was an island of democracy in a sea of communism, it still prospered more than the communist country around it. THE COUNTRY IN CHARGE OF EAST BERLIN wanted to stop the prosperity of West Berlin, so communism would look better.
What is the Soviet Union?
500
If you were shot or injured while trying to DO THIS, the guards would leave you there to die. You would receive no medical help. One famous example is Peter Fechter, whose death was broadcast on international TV after getting shot.
What is escape?
500
This RESULT OF 100+36 is the total number of people who died while trying to escape into West Germany, over 27 years that the Berlin wall stood erect.