SS6H3c End of the Cold War

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• To stop people from crossing over to West Germany, from East Germany

• To contain the gas from East Germany

• To improve Germany's building

• Practice for building interns

Look at the picture of the fall of the Berlin Wall. What larger historical event was this scene a part of?

• the end of the Cold War

• the War on Terror

• the end of WWI

• the start of The Marshall Plan

A federation/a GROUP of communist countries in Eastern Europe, joined together from the time of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War

• Cold War countries

• Berlin Wall/Berlin

• Russia/Berlin Wall

• Soviet Union

What type of political system did the Soviet Union have during the Cold War?

• Communist
• Democracy
• Theocracy
• Absolute Monarchy

Which European country was reunified after being split into two separate countries during the Cold War?

• Letter A
• Letter B
• Letter C
• Letter D

The Berlin Wall was built in this country in 1961:

• Soviet Union
• East Germany
• West Germany
• United States

What contributed to the reunification of Germany?

• The effect of the War on Terror on global politics.
• The increasing strength of the European Union.
• The weakening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.
• China emerging as the next global superpower.

Why was Germany divided into four occupation zones after World War II?

• to keep Germany from becoming an international threat
• to divide Germany's exports among the Allied countries
• to divide Germany's religious groups into their own sections
• to end Germany's acid rain problem

The time of tension without direct warfare from 1945 to 1991 was called:

• World War II
• the Cold War
• World War I
• the Persian Gulf War

After World War II, which two superpowers engaged in the Cold War?

• Soviet Union and Germany
• United States and Germany
• United States and Soviet Union
• France and Germany