East Berlin

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/east-berlin

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is East Berlin?Central Europe, within the modern nation of Germany
2. How big is East Berlin?Approximately 156 square miles (390 square kilometers)
3. How many people live in East Berlin?Approximately 1.2 million inhabitants in the late 1980s
4. What language do people speak in East Berlin?German
5. What is the capital city of?East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990
6. What is the key historical event?Separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989

German Democratic Republic (GDR): The official name for East Germany, a socialist state that existed from 1949 to 1990.
Berlin Wall: A heavily guarded barrier that physically and ideologically divided East and West Berlin from 1961 until its fall in 1989.
Cold War: A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies after World War II.
Reunification: The process by which East and West Germany were officially reunited as one country on October 3, 1990.