Read the following information and answer the questions below. BERLIN Europe Germany Founded 1307 "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin..." President John F. Kennedy, Address at City Hall, 1963 The German city of Berlin, which was once the capital of Brandenburg, of Prussia and of unified Germany, was destroyed during World War II and subsequently fell victim to a dispute between the victorious Allies. After the June 1948 Communist blockade, a successful Berlin airlift left West Berlin free, but led to more East-West tension and the eventual 1961 physical separation of East and West Berlin by the famous Berlin Wall. West Berlin became a political enclave and saw its governmental headquarters transferred to Bonn. Tragic separation of families led many to try to cross the heavily guarded Wall. It took many lives and almost 30 years, until November 1989 -- when a new East German government committed to radical change was in place -- for the Wall to come down and the two Germanys to be united again. Berlin is slowly reverting to the economic and cultural center it once was. 1. Who said, "All free men are citizens of Berlin"? Richard Nixon Bill Clinton George Bush John F. Kennedy 2. Berlin was once the capital of _________ of Prussia. Brandenburg Lichtenstein Austria Bavaria 3. The communist blockade began in what year?. 1961 1979 1948 1989 4. In what year did the Berlin wall come down? 1961 1979 1948 1989 Your score is out of 4
BERLIN Europe Germany Founded 1307 "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin..." President John F. Kennedy, Address at City Hall, 1963 The German city of Berlin, which was once the capital of Brandenburg, of Prussia and of unified Germany, was destroyed during World War II and subsequently fell victim to a dispute between the victorious Allies. After the June 1948 Communist blockade, a successful Berlin airlift left West Berlin free, but led to more East-West tension and the eventual 1961 physical separation of East and West Berlin by the famous Berlin Wall. West Berlin became a political enclave and saw its governmental headquarters transferred to Bonn. Tragic separation of families led many to try to cross the heavily guarded Wall. It took many lives and almost 30 years, until November 1989 -- when a new East German government committed to radical change was in place -- for the Wall to come down and the two Germanys to be united again. Berlin is slowly reverting to the economic and cultural center it once was. 1. Who said, "All free men are citizens of Berlin"? Richard Nixon Bill Clinton George Bush John F. Kennedy 2. Berlin was once the capital of _________ of Prussia. Brandenburg Lichtenstein Austria Bavaria 3. The communist blockade began in what year?. 1961 1979 1948 1989 4. In what year did the Berlin wall come down? 1961 1979 1948 1989 Your score is out of 4
Richard Nixon Bill Clinton George Bush John F. Kennedy
2. Berlin was once the capital of _________ of Prussia.
Brandenburg Lichtenstein Austria Bavaria
3. The communist blockade began in what year?.
1961 1979 1948 1989
4. In what year did the Berlin wall come down?
1961 1979 1948 1989 Your score is out of 4