The significance of the Berlin wall

Question 1

What was the original “inner German Border” fortified with?

Answer 1

high fences, watchtowers, and trenches

Question 2

How long was the original “inner German Border”?

Answer 2

1,300 km

Question 3

What was the exclusion zone in the original “inner German Border”?

Answer 3

An extra 5 km behind it that required special identity cards to enter.

Question 4

What were guards supposed to do in the case of an unauthorized person in the exclusion zone?

Answer 4

shoot them

Question 5

What was the punishment for crossing into West Germany?

Answer 5

3 year prison sentance

Question 6

Who was the soviet leader who tried to claim that West Berlin was part of East Germany? (and thus caused the Berlin Wall)

Answer 6

Khrushchev

Question 7

What did the East officials call the Berlin Wall?

Answer 7

the anti-fascist protective wall

Question 8

When did they start to build the Berlin Wall?

Answer 8

August 1961

Question 9

How long was the Wall?

Answer 9

155 km perimeter

Question 10

Give stat about number of people shot between two years.

Answer 10

Estimated nearly 100 people between 1961-1989.