Gdansk is a Polish seaport and a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland. It can trace its settlement history back to the 9th Century. With the three partitions of the Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth, which was completed in 1795, Poland ceased to exist and was carved up by the Habsburg Monarchy (the Austrian Monarchy), the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire. In 1793, Gdansk was incorporated into Prussia (Later the German Empire in 1871) and became a German city. Danzig is the Germanisation for the Polish Gdansk. After the WWI Treaty of Versailles, West Prussia was ceded to the newly reconstructed state of Poland, but Danzig an ethnically German city, and became a "free city" under the oversight of the League of Nations. , Kids take a quiz or webquest on the Cold War - Berlin Wall. Practice problems online test and questions for students., Test your knowledge about one of the most iconic symbols of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Discover which country built it, the reasons behind its construction, and the historic events that led to its demolition..