Berlin Wall Basics
This type of division still exists between former East and West Germany.
What is cultural or emotional division?
Roads break up habitats, causing this ecological problem.
What is fragmentation?
Both articles show that barriers can continue to affect this even after they’re gone.
What is behavior?
The Berlin Wall restricted this basic human action.
What is movement or travel?
Both the Berlin Wall and roads do this to groups.
What is divide them?
Even 35 years later, these physical reminders of the Wall still stand.
What are fragments or memorial pieces?
This common danger kills millions of animals each year.
What is roadkill?
This type of damage to ecosystems can last for decades.
What is habitat alteration?
Roads often force animals to change these daily patterns.
What are movement routes or behavior patterns?
The Berlin Wall divided people; roads divide these.
What are animals or ecosystems?
This economic issue still differs between former East and West regions.
What is uneven development or income differences?
Roads disrupt these long‑distance seasonal movements.
What are migration routes?
This type of memory affects how humans respond to past borders.
What is cultural or emotional memory?
People may still avoid certain neighborhoods because of this.
What is historical stigma or memory?
The Wall was political; roads are primarily this type of barrier.
What is environmental?
This type of memory continues to shape how people think about the Wall.
What is collective or emotional memory?
Even if a road is removed, animals may still avoid the area because of this.
What is learned behavior or avoidance memory?
Animals may pass down avoidance behavior through this.
What is generational learning?
Animals may avoid roads because they associate them with this.
What is danger or noise?
Both leave these behind, even after change.
What are long‑lasting effects or traces?
This identity label still influences how some Germans see themselves.
What is “East” or “West” German identity?
Roads can isolate populations, reducing this important biological process.
What is genetic exchange?
This term describes how past barriers still shape present‑day patterns.
What is legacy effect?
Both humans and animals show this when they continue old patterns after a barrier is gone.
What is behavioral inertia?
This concept explains why both barriers still influence behavior today.
What is the idea that behavior adapts slowly or memory persists?