QUESTION 1 QUESTION 1 HOW DID THE USA AND USSR'S CREATION OF SPHERES OF INFLUENCE HARDEN THE LINES OF THE BERLIN CRISIS? HOW DID THE USA AND USSR'S CREATION OF SPHERES OF INFLUENCE HARDEN THE LINES OF THE BERLIN CRISIS? Study sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 1A 1.1 Read Source 1A. The source below describes how the division of Germany contributed to tensions between the Allied powers and the Soviet Union. The tension ultimately resulted in the Berlin crisis. Which TWO Western powers, together with the US, occupied Gemany after World War II? 1.1.1 (2x1) (2) At the end of the Second World War, U.S, British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Gemany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet- controlled eastem Germany. The United States, United Kingdom, and France controlled western portions of the city, while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile, the question of whether the western occupation zones in Berlin would remain under Westem Allied control or whether the city would be absorbed into Soviet-controlled easten Gemany led to the first Berlin crisis of the Cold War. The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in westem Germany. 1.1.2 Why could the Westem powers and the USSR not agree on the control of Berlin? (2x2) (4) 1.1.3 According to your knowledge, what caused the competition between the western powers and the Soviet Union? (1x2) (2) 1.1.4 Define the historical concept Cold War. (1x2) (2) 1.2 Refer to Source 1B. Which TWO announcements, according to the source, were made by the USSR on 24 June 1948? 1.2.1 The crisis was a result of competing occupation policies and rising tensions between the Westem powers and the Soviet Union. After the end of the Second World War, the future of post-war Gemmany was plagued by the divisions within and between Allied powers. The only decision of significance that emerged from wartime planning was the agreement of zone occupation. Even after the end of hostilities, the problem of what to do about Germany was not successfully addressed at the July 1945 Potsdam Conference. Not only was there a lack of consistency in the political leadership and policymaking among the British and the Americans, occupation policy on the ground also confronted unforeseen challenges. Two and a half million Berliners, spread between four zones of occupation, faced profound privations (lack of necessities). (2x2) (4) 1.2.2 We are waming both you and the population of Berlin that we shall apply economic and administrative sanctions that will lead to the circulation in Berlin exclusively of the currency of the Soviet occupation zone. To what extent would you regard the above waming' by the USSR to the Westem Allies valid? (2x2) (4) 1.2.3 What evidence is there in the source that the Soviet Union influenced the German people against capitalism? (2x1) (2) 1.2.4 What, according to your knowledge, is the name of the historical event that took place on 24 and 25 June 1948 in Berlin as mentioned in the source [From: https//history state govimilestones/1945-1952/berlin-airift. Accessed on 15 Jan 2015) (1x2) (2)

QUESTION 1 QUESTION 1 HOW DID THE USA AND USSR'S CREATION OF SPHERES OF INFLUENCE HARDEN THE LINES OF THE BERLIN CRISIS? HOW DID THE USA AND USSR'S CREATION OF SPHERES OF INFLUENCE HARDEN THE LINES OF THE BERLIN CRISIS? Study sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow. SOURCE 1A 1.1 Read Source 1A. The source below describes how the division of Germany contributed to tensions between the Allied powers and the Soviet Union. The tension ultimately resulted in the Berlin crisis. Which TWO Western powers, together with the US, occupied Gemany after World War II? 1.1.1 (2x1) (2) At the end of the Second World War, U.S, British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Gemany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet- controlled eastem Germany. The United States, United Kingdom, and France controlled western portions of the city, while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile, the question of whether the western occupation zones in Berlin would remain under Westem Allied control or whether the city would be absorbed into Soviet-controlled easten Gemany led to the first Berlin crisis of the Cold War. The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in westem Germany. 1.1.2 Why could the Westem powers and the USSR not agree on the control of Berlin? (2x2) (4) 1.1.3 According to your knowledge, what caused the competition between the western powers and the Soviet Union? (1x2) (2) 1.1.4 Define the historical concept Cold War. (1x2) (2) 1.2 Refer to Source 1B. Which TWO announcements, according to the source, were made by the USSR on 24 June 1948? 1.2.1 The crisis was a result of competing occupation policies and rising tensions between the Westem powers and the Soviet Union. After the end of the Second World War, the future of post-war Gemmany was plagued by the divisions within and between Allied powers. The only decision of significance that emerged from wartime planning was the agreement of zone occupation. Even after the end of hostilities, the problem of what to do about Germany was not successfully addressed at the July 1945 Potsdam Conference. Not only was there a lack of consistency in the political leadership and policymaking among the British and the Americans, occupation policy on the ground also confronted unforeseen challenges. Two and a half million Berliners, spread between four zones of occupation, faced profound privations (lack of necessities). (2x2) (4) 1.2.2 We are waming both you and the population of Berlin that we shall apply economic and administrative sanctions that will lead to the circulation in Berlin exclusively of the currency of the Soviet occupation zone. To what extent would you regard the above waming' by the USSR to the Westem Allies valid? (2x2) (4) 1.2.3 What evidence is there in the source that the Soviet Union influenced the German people against capitalism? (2x1) (2) 1.2.4 What, according to your knowledge, is the name of the historical event that took place on 24 and 25 June 1948 in Berlin as mentioned in the source [From: https//history state govimilestones/1945-1952/berlin-airift. Accessed on 15 Jan 2015) (1x2) (2)