GDR

Question 1

What was the GDR’s new currency?

Answer 1

East German Mark

Question 2

What are the three main parties?

Answer 2

KPD+SPD->SED, centre party, religious CDU

Question 3

Within how long is the pretence of democracy given up?

Answer 3

3 years, 1948/49

Question 4

What did the USSR immediately do in East Germany?

Answer 4

Redistributed land, government ownership of banks and factories

Question 5

What was every party controlled by?

Answer 5

SED

Question 6

When did East Germany officially become the GDR?

Answer 6

1949

Question 7

What was the Berlin blockade?

Answer 7

the east cut off the west’s food supply routes

Question 8

How long did the Berlin blockade last for?

Answer 8

over 1 year

Question 9

When was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 9

1948

Question 10

What was ‘Democratic Centralisation’?

Answer 10

The constitution and political system of the GDR - all parties influenced by the GDR

Question 11

What were the state police called?

Answer 11

Stasi

Question 12

When was voluntary collectivisation?

Answer 12

1952

Question 13

When was forced collectivisation?

Answer 13

1960

Question 14

What did the education system provide?

Answer 14

Equal, free education for all

Question 15

When was the welfare system introduced?

Answer 15

1956

Question 16

What was the trade union called?

Answer 16

Free German Trade Union League