Berlin Wall

4. Hidden dangers designed to stop people from crossing the Berlin Wall.
5. The capital city that was divided during the Cold War.
7. The side of Berlin that was democratic and backed by the U.S., U.K., and France.
8. Animals used to patrol the Berlin Wall and stop escapes.
11. Restricted heavily between East and West Berlin.
13. The political and economic system followed by East Germany.
14. A system of government based on free elections and individual rights; found in the West.
15. Guarded structures used to watch over the Berlin Wall.

1. East Germany was officially known as the German Democratic _______.
2. The economic system practiced in West Germany and the U.S.
3. What many East Germans hoped to gain by escaping to the West.
6. The side of Berlin controlled by the Soviet Union.
9. This structure physically divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
10. A group of Eastern European countries aligned with the USSR during the Cold War.
12. Armed personnel who watched the wall and enforced border rules.