Question 1

Who had the better standard of living?

Accepted Answer

Capitalists

Answer

Communists

Question 2

Which words describe West Germany

Accepted Answer

Well stocked shops and wealth

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Empty shops but freedom

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Well stocked shops but no personal freedom

Answer

Empty shelves and unemployment

Question 3

Three correct answers - choose the incorrect one. How did East Berliners know the west was better off?

Accepted Answer

The USSR told them

Answer

Some crossed over and worked in West Berlin

Answer

They could watch Western TV

Answer

They could visit West Berlin easily before the wall

Question 4

Before the Berlin Wall was built was it true or false that many eastern people fled to the west?

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 5

What type of worker fled from East Germany?

Accepted Answer

Young and skilled

Answer

Rich and powerful

Answer

Lazy and unskilled

Answer

Old and weak

Question 6

Who was the leader of East Germany?

Accepted Answer

Erich Honecker

Answer

Khrushchev

Answer

Joseph Stalin

Answer

Lech Walesa

Question 7

Which young president was elected in the USA in 1961?

Accepted Answer

Kennedy

Answer

Johnson

Answer

Nixon

Answer

Washington

Question 8

Who was in charge of the USSR in 1961?

Accepted Answer

Khrushchev

Answer

Brezhnev

Answer

Gorbachev

Answer

Stalin

Question 9

What did Khrushchev demand that triggered a crisis in Berlin?

Accepted Answer

Kennedy withdrew all troops from East Berlin

Answer

That the USA make a speech about the superiority of the USSR

Answer

The reunification of Germany

Answer

Massive reparations

Question 10

What was Kennedy's reaction to Khrushchev's ultimatum?

Accepted Answer

He refused to back down and a war looked likely.

Answer

He sent in the nuclear bombs.

Answer

He did as Khrushchev asked.

Answer

He sent flowers and chocolates to Khrushchev.

Question 11

What happened at 2 in the morning on 13th August 1961?

Accepted Answer

A barbed wire fence split East and West Berlin, followed by a wall.

Answer

All the east Berliners left overnight.

Answer

The west stopped people from fleeing from the east.

Answer

US spy planes circled East Berlin all night

Question 12

What was the nickname for the one boarder crossing left?

Accepted Answer

Checkpoint Charlie

Answer

Checkpoint Carol

Answer

Checkpoint Charlotte

Answer

Checkpoint Chester

Question 13

What happened on the 27th October 1961?

Accepted Answer

Stand off at checkpoint charlie as soviet tanks stopped entry to the west's military.

Answer

Kennedy called Khrushchev to plead with him to remove the wall.

Answer

Berlin's government was replaced by USSR representatives.

Answer

The UN sent in troops to tear down the wall.

Question 14

What did Kennedy say about the wall?

Accepted Answer

"It's not a nice solution but it is better than a war"

Answer

"Walls are never the solution"

Answer

"We will build a bigger wall"

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"It's the ugliest wall I have ever seen"

Question 15

In what year did Poland's economy crash?

Accepted Answer

1979

Answer

1959

Answer

1989

Answer

1969

Question 16

What triggered the formation of a union at the shipyard? Price of ____ went up.

Accepted Answer

Meat

Answer

Beer

Answer

Fish

Answer

Wine

Question 17

How many demands did the union have?

Accepted Answer

21

Answer

41

Answer

31

Answer

11

Question 18

What did the Polish government do?

Accepted Answer

Accepted the demands

Answer

Arrested the families of the leaders

Answer

Arrested the leaders

Answer

set fire to the shipyard

Question 19

Which of these is NOT a reason for tolerating solidarity union and accepting the demands?

Accepted Answer

They were terrified of people power.

Answer

The shipyard was important economically so they wanted to keep workers working.

Answer

They were planning for martial law and needed time.

Answer

It was not a political threat in the early days, it was just about workers conditions.

Question 20

Who led solidarity?

Accepted Answer

Lech Walesa

Answer

Leech Welan

Answer

Lek Influencer

Answer

Lem Welsh

Question 21

What had happened to Solidarity by the end of 1981?

Accepted Answer

Leaders imprisoned and shut down

Answer

They were running the country and left the USSR

Answer

The UN gave them tanks and weapons.

Answer

They had formed their own militia force to fight the USSR

Question 22

What excuse did the USSR say it had to justify it's treatment of Solidarity?

Accepted Answer

They had secret tapes that proved they were plotting a government take over

Answer

They had assassinated a top USSR official

Answer

They were plotting an invasion of the USSR

Answer

They were arming civilians with weapons

Question 23

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Solidarity movement.

Accepted Answer

It proved that all rebel forces had been supported and triggered by western forces.

Answer

It proved that people power could be a threat.

Answer

It proved the USSR was powerless without force and weapons.

Answer

It proved that communism could not need the needs of the people.

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