Building the Wall
Two regions in Germany separated by the Berlin Wall
What is East Germany and West Germany?
The US President during the Berlin Wall's creation
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This government opened the wall, marking the fall of the Berlin wall
What is East Germany?
The material used to build the original wall
What is barbed wire and cinder blocks?
The two governments of East and West Berlin
What are the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany?
Many Germans fled to this region
What is West Germany?
The original wall was upgraded with this
What is concrete walls?
East Germany's communist government was overthrown because of this
What is the wave of democratization?
The amount of people who successfully crossed the wall
What is 5000?
A term used to describe skilled professionals who fled from East Germany to West Germany
What is the "Brain drain"?
Kennedy's most famous phrase in his speech in West Berlin
What is "I am a Berliner"?
The tools used to break down the wall
What are picks, hammers, cranes, and bulldozers?
The amount of people who were killed trying to cross the wall
This amount of East Germans fled to West Germany between 1949 and 1961
What is 2.5 million?
The length of the Berlin Wall
What is 103 miles?
The Berlin Wall fell on this date
What is November 9, 1989?
The number of checkpoints built in the wall
What is 12?
The Berlin Wall was first erected on this date
What is August 12-13, 1961?
The things that guarded the wall
What is barbed wire, watchtowers, gun emplacements, and mines?
West Berliners greeted the guards who opened the wall with these things
What are flowers and champagne?
What is jumping out of windows adjacent to the wall, climbing over the barbed wire, flying in hot air balloons, crawling through sewers, and driving through unfortified parts of the wall at high speeds?