Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

Book: The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Author:  Peter Sis
ISBN-13:  978-0-374-34701-7
U-$1.00-B-0.0046743907-BE-214



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Questions
1. What happened in Russia in 1917?
2. What party came into power in Russia in 1917?
3. What name did the Russian Empire change to?
4. When did World War I end?
5. What empire fell apart after World War I?
6. What country gained independence after World War I?
7. How many decades of democracy did Czechoslovakia have after independence?
8. Who was Czechoslovakia taken over by?
9. When did World War II start?
10. Who were the Allies?
11. Who defeated Nazi Germany?
12. Who fought with Nazi Germany?
13. The countries that were liberated by Nazi Germany occupation were governed between the Allies.  True or False
14. What was the Eastern Bloc?
15. The Western Bloc countries were all independent democracies.  True or False
16. The Eastern Bloc countries were controlled by the Soviet Union. True or False
17. Who built a wall around the city of Berlin?
18. Was the Eastern Bloc a dictatorship?
19. Was Europe divided symbolically, ideologically, and physically?
20. Who said Europe is divided by an "Iron Curtain"?
21. Who had nuclear weapons in the 1950s?
22. How long was the Cold War?
23. Which two countries were involved in the Cold War?
24. In what year did the Soviets take control of Czechoslovakia?
25. What did the Soviet Union do when it took control of Czechoslovakia?
26. Who enforced the new rules/orders in Czechoslovakia?
27. From who did the Czech government take its orders from?
28. What type of symbols can be seen everywhere?
29. What do you call the display of red flags on state holidays?
30. What happens if you don't display a red flag on state holidays?
31. Who controlled the schools?
32. What is the Communist youth movement called?
33. Was the practice of religion encouraged or discouraged?
34. What are the children encouraged to report?
35. What do parents learn living in this type of society?
36. What is the "Spartakiad" that citizens participate in?
37. What does "Spartakiad" glorify?
38. What happened in 1956?
39. When was the Berlin Wall completed?
40. Where was the Berlin Wall built?
41. Why was the Berlin Wall built?
42. Which U.S. President visited the Berlin Wall?
43. What year did the U.S. President visit the Berlin Wall?
44. What did the U.S. President say when he visited the Berlin Wall?
45. What happened in October 1962?
46. When was the U.S. President Kennedy assassinated?
47. Where was President Kennedy assassinated?
48. Who fought in Vietnam?
49. Who fought a beetle infestation?
50. Who harvested hops?
51. When is the Great Socialistic October Revolution celebrated?
52. What was the official art?
53. What was censored during his time?
54. What personal communication was opened and censored?
55. Which persons were rewarded?
56. What was banned?
57. From his journals, he said his father was drafted into ________________.
58. Where was his father sent?
59. Why was his father sent there?
60. What was his father's cousin's name?
61. What national team sport did he belong to?
62. What did the Soviet Union launch into space?
63. Who is Pavka Morozov?
64. What did Pavka Morozov do?
65. Where did Yuri Gagarin land when he returned to Earth?
66. What year did Yuri Gagarin go to space?
67. The Czechoslovak National Soccer Team played who in the 1962 World Cup Championship Final in Chile?
68. What is Artek?
69. Who had orders to cut people's hair?
70. Who invaded Czechoslovakia?
71. Who was sent to Moscow for "reeducation"?
72. What is samizdat?
73. Who set themselves on fire to "wake up the nation from lethargy"?
74. Who introduced the policies of perestroika and glasnost?
75. What is perestroika?
76. What is glasnost?
77. What lead to the fall of the Iron Wall?
78. What lead to the collapse of the Communist system?
79. Which country becomes free first under perestroika and glasnost?
80. Which country was the second country to become free under perestroika and glasnost?
81. Which country was the third country?
82. Which country was the fourth country?
83. Which country was the fifth country?
84. Which country was the sixth country?
85. When did East and West Germany reunite?
86. When did the Soviet Union break up?
87. When was the Cold War over?
88. In what war did grandfather fight?
89. Who served in Tibet?
90. In what city did grandfather designed railroads?
91. In what years did grandfather design railroads?
92. What famous bands did he interview?
93. Which band did he travel with on their mini tour?

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