Germany and Italy, 1946–1991
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write four stages of the division of Germany year by year.
1945 – zones; 1949 – FRG and GDR; 1961 – wall; 1990 – reunification.
2
Give three causes of the FRG’s “economic miracle”.
The Marshall Plan, a social market economy, low military spending and skilled labour.
3
Compare the economic and political systems of the GDR and FRG by three aspects.
GDR – one party, planned economy, Warsaw Pact; FRG – multi-party system, market economy, NATO.
4
Why is the Berlin Wall called a “symbol of the Cold War”?
It reflected the division of Europe and the world into blocs.
5
State Italy’s problems of the 1970s–1980s with two examples.
Frequent changes of government; terrorism and organised crime.