Category 1: NATO (1949)
This country led the creation of NATO in 1949 to counter Soviet threats.
What is the United States?
This was the primary purpose of the Warsaw Pact when it was formed in 1955.
What is to consolidate military forces under Soviet leadership to counter NATO?
This event in 1955 helped establish the foundation for the Non-Aligned Movement.
What is the Bandung Conference?
This was the main international agreement aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968)?
The division of Europe during the Cold War was largely between NATO and this alliance.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This was the primary purpose of NATO when it was created
What is collective defense against the Soviet Union?
These two countries were founding members of the Warsaw Pact.
What are the Soviet Union and East Germany?
This country’s Prime Minister was one of the key leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
This event in 1962 brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This country's revolution led to Cuba's alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Who is Fidel Castro?
NATO's formation allowed for this country to rearm in the context of resisting communism.
What is West Germany?
This event during the Cold War was directly influenced by the creation of the Warsaw Pact.
What is the division of Europe into two military blocs?
The Non-Aligned Movement sought to oppose these three global issues.
What are colonialism, imperialism, and neocolonialism?
These are the five declared nuclear powers under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
What are the United States, USSR, Britain, China, and France?
This was the result of the intense negotiations during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba and the U.S. agreeing not to invade?
This country maintained a significant military presence in Germany and other NATO nations.
What is the United States?
This was the major consequence of both the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the Cold War.
What is the nuclear arms race?
This was the primary goal of the Non-Aligned Movement.
What is ensuring national independence and sovereignty for non-aligned countries?
This is the geographic proximity of Cuba to the U.S. that made the missile sites so alarming.
What is 90 miles?
This was the central ideological conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
What is communism versus capitalism?
NATO's formation led to this Soviet response in 1955.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
These two superpowers were at the center of the Cold War rivalry, leading to the formation of military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Who are the United States and the Soviet Union?
These continents were primarily represented in the Non-Aligned Movement.
What are Africa, Asia, and Latin America?
These two countries were directly involved in the 13-day confrontation over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
This treaty aimed at limiting nuclear weapons was signed in 1968.
What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?