GermanyAufgabe 201 · History and responsibility
Which of the following lists contains only federal states that were part of the territory of the former GDR?
In the exam (German)
Welche der folgenden Auflistungen enthält nur Bundesländer, die zum Gebiet der früheren DDR gehörten?
- aNiedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein, BrandenburgNiedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg
- bMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, ThüringenMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, ThüringenCorrect answer
- cBayern, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, SachsenBayern, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Sachsen
- dSachsen, Thüringen, Hessen, Niedersachen, BrandenburgSachsen, Thüringen, Hessen, Niedersachen, Brandenburg
Why?
Exactly five of today's federal states belonged to the former GDR: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen. Every other list contains at least one western state such as Hessen, Niedersachsen or Bayern. East Berlin was also part of the GDR; today it is part of the state of Berlin.
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