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East or West Germany?
Guess whether these statements apply to the German Democratic Republic (East) or the Federal Republic of Germany (West).
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Last updated: November 11, 2019
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| First submitted | November 11, 2019 |
| Times taken | 501 |
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1. Bonn was its capital.
East
West
2. Angela Merkel grew up there.
Apparently a largely unpolitical physicist, she was 35 when the Berlin Wall fell but rose to the level of a minister in the following two years.
East
West
3. Lower Saxony was one of its states.
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West
4. Bordered Czechoslovakia.
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West
both
5. Was governed by Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker.
East
West
6. Joined the United Nations as late as 1973.
This was only made possible after the West gave up its claim of exclusive mandate for all German people.
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West
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7. Had a higher population density.
East
West
8. The rights of women to freely pursue employment were restricted until 1977.
Say what you will about the GDR, but at least it ensured that women were able to work early on.
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West
9. Is often referred to as DDR by native speakers.
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West
10. Experienced student protests in 1968.
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11. "The Lives of Others" is set there.
The 2006 film is about a member of the Stasi, the East German security service.
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West
12. Ceased to exist on October 3, 1990.
The East signed a treaty of accession to the Federal Republic of Germany.
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West
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neither
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4 Comments
JFM01
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Level 56
Jan 18, 2022
Only 37% got #12 correct ?!?
MCdoesgeography
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Level 74
Feb 17, 2023
A lot of people might think that the answer is "both" since few know that modern day Germany is actually treated as a successor state to West Germany
big3lover
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Level 28
Sep 25, 2025
How is it not both on the last one??? Are you saying that something called West Germany still exists?
Reneslav
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Level 59
Dec 31, 2025
Yes, because West Germany is officially called Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) or Federal Republic of Germany. West Germany was just an unofficial name to distinguish between DDR and BRD. BRD merely annexed the territories of DDR and incorporated them into BRD without changing the constitution or the government, thus West Germany or more accurately BRD, which was formed in 1949, never ceased to exist to form a new state, it just expanded.