Multiple choice

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created primarily to —

  1. protect Western Europe from communism

  2. encourage communist factions in China

  3. install democratic governments in Africa

  4. protect South America from invasion
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Explanation

NATO was established in 1949 as a collective defense alliance specifically designed to counter the threat of Soviet expansion and the spread of communism in Western Europe.

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