NATO & The Warsaw Pact

Question 1

When was NATO formed?

Answer 1

1949

Question 2

What did NATO increase?

Answer 2

The possibility of war

Question 3

How were the Marshall Plan and NATO different?

Answer 3

Marshall Plan was a trading alliance but NATO was a military alliance

Question 4

What was NATO’s aim?

Answer 4

To defend the West against communism

Question 5

When was the Warsaw Pact formed?

Answer 5

1955

Question 6

What was the Warsaw Pact a response to?

Answer 6

NATO

Question 7

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 7

The military alliance of Eastern European countries

Question 8

What was the Warsaw Pact’s aim?

Answer 8

To protect against the capitalist West

Question 9

Which was the first country to have atomic bombs?

Answer 9

USA

Question 10

In what year did the USSR catch up to America in terms of nuclear weapons?

Answer 10

1949

Question 11

Which country first invented the hydrogen bomb?

Answer 11

USA

Question 12

By what year had the USSR developed the hydrogen bomb?

Answer 12

1953

Question 13

What year did the US first start testing the hydrogen bomb?

Answer 13

1952

Question 14

Why was the arms race significant?

Answer 14

• Prevented war in Europe

- Disputes could result in nuclear retaliation