Berlin Wall

Question 1

How many East Germans fled to the west via Berlin?

Answer 1

2 million

Question 2

When was the Vienna Summit?

Answer 2

June 1961

Question 3

What did Krushchev threaten to do if the situation in Berlin was not solved?

Answer 3

Hand over access routes to East Germany

Question 4

What was West Berlin and Germany and example of?

Answer 4

‘Glittering western prosperity’

Question 5

What did Krushchev and Kennedy both do after Vienna?

Answer 5

Increase defence expenditure

Question 6

What was the first iteration of the Berlin Wall?

Answer 6

100 mile border of wire fences

Question 7

When did the border first go up?

Answer 7

13 Aug 1961

Question 8

What happened 4 days after the border went up?

Answer 8

30 mile concrete wall erected between East and West Berlin

Question 9

What was a good impact for Krushchev?

Answer 9

Stopped people escaping to the East

Question 10

How did Kennedy respond to the wall?

Answer 10

Went to Berlin to show support and made famous ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’

Question 11

How did Cold War tensions increase?

Answer 11

Resumed nuclear testing

Question 12

What was a negative impact for Krushchev?

Answer 12

Showed how East had to wall people in