Security, Traps, and Weaponry
Times and Events
Escaping the Walls
Destruction of the Wall
Effects of The Walls Destruction
100
There were nearly 300 of these watching over the Berlin Wall
What are watchtowers?
100
In 1989 many Berlin citizens began to join in on the destruction of this wall
What is the Berlin Wall --- natürlich!
100
About how many people were successful in escaping the Wall?
What is about 5,000 peoople
100
Almost two years after President Reagan gave a speech at the Berlin Wall many people began to do this to the wall:
What is demolishing it?
100
Many of these were reunited after years of not seeing each other:
What are families?
200
The wall was gaurded by these armed men
the stazi is use to be soviet soldiers
200
In June, 1962 a 2nd one of these was built into the construction of the wall
What is another, bigger wall?
200
Many people tried to drive through the wall with this kind of vehicle
What is a truck?
200
After the wall was destroyed many people got pieces of the wall and did this with them?
What is selling them to hundreds of collectors and museums across the world? Or keeping them as souvenirs?
200
The Berlin Wall was ____ miles long.
27oo meters long
300
There were over 250 of these animals guarding the insides of the walls
What are dogs?
300
In June 1987 this U.S president gave a speech in front of the Berlin Wall
Who is President Reagan?
300
Many people escaped by digging these under the wall
What are tunnels?
300
Although the wall had an exceeding amount of graffiti on it at the time ,the amount of graffiti did what after Reagans speech?
What is drastically increased?
300
Thousands of East Berliners were now free to go to this place:
What is West Germany?
400
These 3000 pound objects are what the wall were mostly made up of:
What is a concrete slab or wall?
400
The Berlin Wall was torn down on this day:
What is November 9th, 1989?
400
Some Berlin citizens tried to escape by jumping off these near the wall:
What are buildings or towers?
400
These tools were often used by citizens to tear down the wall:
What are sledgehammers, pickaxes, hammers, and chisels?
400
Many people had these over the walls destruction!
What are celebrations?
500
The Death Strip contained what kind of weapons to prevent escape?
What are miles of anti-vehicle trenches, guard dog runs, floodlights and trip-wire machine guns?
500
On August 13, 1961 this part of Germany permanently closed the border between West and East Berlin.
What is East Germany?
500
Approximately how many people died trying to escape from the wall
What is at least 940 people?
500
Today there is this amount of the wall left still standing:
What is a very small amount or about 80 meters (262.467 ft.) throughout the city.
500
The end of this war was caused by the destruction of the Berlin Wall:
What is The Cold War?