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Reunification questions

Reunification questions

Question 1 of 17

1

How many West Germany wanted reunification and how many rejected it in a poll held in 1989?

Select one of the following:

  • 80% for reunification and 20% rejecting

  • 70% for reunification and 15% rejecting it

  • 50% for reunification and 30% rejecting it

Explanation

Question 2 of 17

1

What idea did Helmut Kohl present to the Bundestag in 1989 that would help reunification to go ahead?

Select one of the following:

  • 5 point plan

  • 10 point plan

  • 15 point plan

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

1

How many East Germans were flooding into West Germany per day when the Berlin Wall was opened?

Select one of the following:

  • 2,000

  • 3,000

  • 1,500

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

1

How many people continued to protest for unification and what cities did they protest in?

Select one of the following:

  • 500,000 and in Leipzig and Dresdeen

  • 300,000 and in Bonn and Frankfurt

  • 400,000 and in Hamburg and Nuremburg

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

1

What did Helmut Kohl promise to the French and USSR to win them over?

Select one of the following:

  • A commitment to European integration and economic aid to help the USSR?

  • A commitment to Eastern integration and economic aid to Eastern bloc countries?

Explanation

Question 6 of 17

1

What party did Kohl give his support for and what did he do to ensure that reunification had the best chance possible?

Select one of the following:

  • Alliance for unification and attacked the communist parties in Germany to prevent a communist vote

  • Alliance for Germany and attacked the socialist party to prevent a socialist vote

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

1

As a result of the currency union, the East Germans currency would be exchanged, but what were the exchange rates?

Select one of the following:

  • 1:1 for normal accounts, 2:1 for debts and 3:1 for foreign accounts

  • 2:1 for normal accounts, 1:1 for debts and 4:1 for foreign accounts

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

1

How much did people's real incomes increase in 1991 and how many new businesses were created?

Select one of the following:

  • Real incomes increased 28% in 1989-1991 and 175,000 new businesses

  • Real incomes increased 20% in 1989-1991 and 150,000 new businesses

  • Real incomes increased 15% in 1989-1991 and 200,000 new businesses

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

1

With the falling employment, what social groups that relied on state provisions were particularly vulnerable?

Select one of the following:

  • Women

  • Men

  • Donald Trump supporters

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

1

Out of the allied powers which one look favourably on Kohl's moves toward's reunification and which did not?

Select one of the following:

  • America looked favourably on reunification, Britain and France looked unfavourably on Kohl's efforts

  • Britain looked favourably on reunification, America and France looked unfavourably on Kohl's efforts

  • France looked favourably on reunification, Britain and America looked unfavourably on Kohl's efforts

Explanation

Question 11 of 17

1

Britain and France opposed reunification at in 1989, what did they do to try and slow the pace of reunification?

Select one of the following:

  • Margaret Thatcher met Gorbachev and tried to persuade him to look a different way and France considered a military alliance with the USSR

  • France and Britain met and formed an alliance committed to prevent reunification

Explanation

Question 12 of 17

1

What were the 2+4 agreements over and what policy did they come up with?

Select one of the following:

  • They were over Russia's objections to a united Germany's membership of NATO, the London Declaration.

  • They were over Britain's objections to a united Germany's membership of NATO, the Paris Declaration.

  • They were over France's objections to a united Germany's membership of NATO, the Bonn Declaration.

Explanation

Question 13 of 17

1

What programme was launched in March 1991?

Select one of the following:

  • Eastern recovery programme

  • Economic recovery programme

Explanation

Question 14 of 17

1

There were massive changes to the world of work, people moved to new jobs, people retired early and many were unemployed, what were the figures?

Select one of the following:

  • 21% had moved to a new job, 8% were unemployed and 10% had retired early

  • 30% had moved to a new job, 6% were unemployed and 10% had retired early

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

1

The Gulf War broke out in 1990, America got involved but what did Germany do and decide to do instead?

Select one of the following:

  • Germany did not get involved but sent monetory aid to the USA

  • Germany got involved and sent troops over to support the American's war effort

  • Germany did nothing

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

1

What was a strange side effect of reunification?

Select one of the following:

  • The old GDR citizens had a sense of nostalgia for the securities of the communist system in the GDR provided

  • The old GDR citizens began to question if they really wanted to be a part of the FRG and have a democratic system

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

1

There was the problem of where to put the capital of the new united republic in 1991, where was it and when was it to take effect?

Select one of the following:

  • Berlin decided in 1991 and put into effect in 1999

  • Bonn decided in 1991 and put into effect in 1992

  • Nuremberg decided in 1991 and put into effect in 1995

Explanation

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