NATO & Warsaw Pact

What does NATO stand for?

• North American Treaty Organization
• National Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North Atlantic Trade Organization
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

What did NATO members agree to? 

• NATO members agreed to disband their forces.
• If one member is attacked by the Soviet Union, they will support each other 

• NATO members agreed to reduce military spending.
• Members agreed to focus on economic cooperation.

1) Color the NATO Map in your notes before answering

2) Select ONE NATO Country

What did the Soviet Union threaten to do if West Germany made its own army? 

• Withdraw from NATO in protest.
• Support a unification with East Germany.
• Impose economic sanctions on West Germany.
• Create its own alliance

Why did the Soviet Union create the Warsaw Pact in the Eastern Bloc?

• To promote economic ties with Western nations.
• To create a cultural exchange program among allies.
• To establish a unified currency in Eastern Europe.
• In response to NATO and Western countries forming an alliance

What did the Warsaw Pact do?

• Promoted economic cooperation among its members.

• The Warsaw Pact was a trade agreement for Eastern Europe.
• The Warsaw Pact focused on cultural exchanges between nations.
• Protected members from Western attacks and aligned communist countries

How was NATO a containment policy?

• By forming a military alliance to contain Soviet expansion

• NATO was a trade agreement to boost economic ties in Europe.
• Promoted democracy in Eastern Europe through diplomacy.

• NATO focused on humanitarian aid during the Cold War.

Using your vocab, how was NATO a collective security?