Other International Affairs History

Question 1

When was the Warsaw Pact active?

Answer 1

1955-91 (36 years)

Question 2

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 2

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries, primarily formed as a response to NATO, the Western military alliance.

Question 3

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries, primarily formed as a response to NATO, the Western military alliance. Who led it?

Answer 3

The Soviet Union

Question 4

What is a fun fact about the membership of Warsaw Pact by 2004?

Answer 4

That every single former Warsaw Pact state, bar Russia was either in NATO or the European Union

Question 5

Which countries are bordering Russia?
(5 groupings)

Answer 5

1) Finland, Norway
2) Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania
3) Belarus, Ukraine
4) Poland - via Russia’s exclave of Kalingrad
5) Georgia and Azerbajan (in the caucasus region, both European and Asian)

Question 6

Name 5 pro-russian countries

Answer 6

1) Belarus
2) Armenia
3) Kazakstan
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Tajikstan

Question 7

What are three neutral countries that all produce their own energy and do not need energy or trade help? (they do not side with Europe or Russia)

Answer 7

Uzbekistan
Azerbajian
Turkmenistan