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Quiz about NATO Membership in Chronological Order

NATO Membership in Chronological Order Quiz

NATO was created by countries of Europe and North America for political and military reasons. Subsequently more countries joined up. In this quiz you are asked to order the member countries by year of joining.

An ordering quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
gme24

Time
3 mins

Type
Order Quiz

Quiz #
415,913

Updated
Mar 22 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Mobile instructions: Press on an answer on the right. Then, press on the question it matches on the left.

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer, and then click on its destination box to move it.

Classify according to accession date (oldest to newest)

What's the Correct Order?	Choices
1. (1949)	Spain accession to the alliance
2. (1952)	Finland joins up
3. (1955)	Albania and Croatia join up
4. (1982)	First wave of post Cold-war
5. (1999)	Second bunch of post Cold-war enlargement
6. (2004)	Montenegro joins up
7. (2009)	North Macedonia enters the alliance
8. (2017)	Germany joins up
9. (2020)	Twelve founding members
10. (2023)	Accession of Greece and Turkey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Twelve founding members

The founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.

2. Accession of Greece and Turkey

Greece and Turkey joined the alliance in February 1952 in order to strengthen the southern flank of the alliance.

3. Germany joins up

On the 6th of May 1955 the then West Germany joined up. A few days later the formation of the Warsaw Pact was announced.

4. Spain accession to the alliance

Spain joins up despite intense popular opposition.

5. First wave of post Cold-war

Czechia, Hungary and Poland on 12 March 1999, became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join NATO.

6. Second bunch of post Cold-war enlargement

On 29 March 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia became members of the Alliance.
This was the largest wave of enlargement in NATO history.

7. Albania and Croatia join up

On 1 April 2009 the two Balkan countries became official members of the Alliance .

8. Montenegro joins up

Montenegro became a member of the Alliance on 5 June 2017.

9. North Macedonia enters the alliance

On 27 March 2020, North Macedonia became NATO's 30th member.

10. Finland joins up

4 April 2023, Finland became the Alliance's 31st member country.

Source: Author gme24

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