German Partition Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• occupation : the victorious powers (great britain, the usa, france and the soviet union) divided germany into four zones of ……
• twelve : how many million germans were expelled from central and eastern europe?
• soviet union : which country occupied the german zone where the capital city of berlin is?
• blockade : in 1948, the soviet union tried to stop the western powers accessing west berlin during the so-called berlin _ .
• federal : the west of germany, formerly occupied by the british, american and french troops became the _ republic of germany in 1949.
• democratic : the soviets imposed socialism on the east of germany which became known as the german _ republic. (ddr)
• raisin bomber : the name given to the british/american aircraft used to supply the berlin air lift.
• political reform : in 1953, more than a million people demonstrated for _ in east germany.
• capitalism : growing numbers of ddr citizens saw a better future under _ and fled to west germany.
• marshall plan : an “economic miracle” happened in west germany thanks to america’s _ .
• berlin wall : this was built in 1961 to stop the loss of skilled workers from the ddr to west germany.
• minefields : the inner german border was a deathtrap caused by _ , barricade and sharpshooters.
• willy brandt : which west german politician succeeded in reducing tensions between the two german states in 1972?
• unemployment : the economic crises of the 1970’s led to a rise in _ in both east and west germany.
• green party : the increased reliance on nuclear energy led to the founding of which political party.
• shortages : ordinary citizens of east germany suffered increasing _ .
• gorbachev : this politician reformed the soviet union and gave hope to ordinary east germans.
• peaceful : on october 9th, 1989, there was a _ revolution and east and west germany were reunified in1990.