WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which term refers to the alliance between the US and Western European countries?
A
NATO
B
Warsaw Pact
C
United Nations
D
Satellite Nations
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania (Albania withdrew in 1968).

Detailed explanation-3: -NATO is an alliance of countries from Europe and North America. It provides a unique link between these two continents, enabling them to consult and cooperate in the field of defence and security, and conduct multinational crisis-management operations together.

Detailed explanation-4: -The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, /ˈneɪtoʊ/; French: Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two North American.

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