Question 185 of 300 · General section
What did the term "Iron Curtain" stand for? For the sealing off ...
Correct answer
of the Warsaw Pact against the West.
All answer options
- 1of the Warsaw Pact against the West.Correct
- 2Northern Germany against Southern Germany.
- 3Nazi Germany against the Allies.
- 4Europe against the USA.
Why is this answer correct?
The "Iron Curtain" was the name for the heavily guarded border with which the Soviet-led Eastern bloc sealed itself off from Western Europe. The phrase was popularised by a speech of Winston Churchill's in 1946.
Facts about this question
- Question number
- 185 of 460
- Section
- General section (questions 1–300)
- Success rate
- 77% answer it correctly
- Source
- Official BAMF question catalogue
This question is reproduced unchanged from the official question catalogue of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The real Einbürgerungstest draws 33 questions from this set; 17 correct answers are needed to pass.
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