NATO

Question 1

what is nato

Answer 1

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries, 2 North American countries, and 1 Eurasian country.

Question 2

what treaty is it based on

Answer 2

The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.

Question 3

when was nato founded

Answer 3

4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United States

Question 4

where is nato headquartered

Answer 4

Brussels, Belgium

Question 5

how many founding members does nato have and who are they

Answer 5

Twelve countries took part in the founding of NATO: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Question 6

The most recent member state to be added to NATO was ____________ on 27 March 2020

Answer 6

North Macedonia

Question 7

where are the headquarters of Allied Command Operations, nato

Answer 7

Mons, Belgium

called SHAPE - supreme hq allied powers europe

Question 8

NATO currently recognizes _________ as aspiring members.

Answer 8

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ukraine

Question 9

how many members does nato have

Answer 9

30

Question 10

what is the north atlantic treay also called

Answer 10

the washington treaty

Question 11

who is the present sec gen of nato

Answer 11

The current secretary general is former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who took office on 1 October 2014. Stoltenberg’s mission as secretary general was extended for another four-year term, meaning that he will lead NATO until September 30, 2022

Question 12

Chair of the NATO Military Committee

Answer 12

Incumbent Admiral Rob Bauer since 25 June 2021

Question 13

what was the pact and org formed in response to nato

Answer 13

the warsaw pact
and
warsaw treaty organisation

Question 14

what is the warsaw pact officially called

Answer 14

the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance,

Question 15

when and where was the warsaw pact signed

Answer 15

Founded: 14 May 1955, Warsaw, Poland

Question 16

when was the warsaw treaty organisation dissolved

Answer 16

Dissolved: 1 July 1991

Question 17

why was the wto dissolved

Answer 17

In 1990, East Germany left the Warsaw Pact in preparation for its reunification with West Germany. Poland and Czechoslovakia also indicated their strong desire to withdraw. Faced with these protests—and suffering from a faltering economy and unstable political situation—the Soviet Union bowed to the inevitable.

Question 18

where was it headquartered

Answer 18

Headquarters: Moscow, Soviet Union

Question 19

who was its first and last supreme commander

Answer 19

Supreme Commander: Ivan Konev (first); Pyotr Lushev (last)

Question 20

What did the Warsaw Pact do?

Answer 20

The Warsaw Pact provided for a unified military command and the systematic ability to strengthen the Soviet hold over the other participating countries.

Question 21

who were its members

Answer 21

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).

Question 22

the wto was created as a direct consequence of

Answer 22

The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the London and Paris Conferences of 1954. The Warsaw Pact was established as a balance of power to NATO.

Question 23

what was the purpose of creation of

wto v. nato

Answer 23

The Warsaw Pact embodied what was referred to as the Eastern bloc, while NATO and its member countries represented the Western bloc. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were ideologically opposed and, over time, built up their own defences starting an arms race that lasted throughout the Cold War.
NATO was formed to combat the spread of communism, and the warsaw pact was formed to be an answer to the the nato alliance,and to keep the eastern block countires in line since most had soviet troops in their countries.

Question 24

Cold War

Answer 24

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, which began following World War II.

Start date: 1947
End date: 3 December 1989

During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.

Question 25

who was the first sec gen of the nato

Answer 25

General
Hastings Ismay
uk

Question 26

the protections of nato does not apply to

Answer 26

internal coups or civil war

Question 27

what is the key provision of the washington treaty

Answer 27

article 5

Question 28

how many times was article 5 invoked

Answer 28

once, on 12 september 2001, following 9/11 attacks on work trade centre

Question 29

What is Article 5 of the NATO?

“collective defense article”

Answer 29

Article 5 provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked.