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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Add-on — Government & Law

What is NATO, and what is the UK's relationship with it?

A) A UN agency promoting human rights and democracy worldwide
B) A military alliance whose members are committed to collective defence, of which the UK is a founding member
C) A European trade agreement signed in 1949
D) An international court that handles disputes between member states

Correct answer: A military alliance whose members are committed to collective defence, of which the UK is a founding member

The UK is a founding member of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance whose members are committed to collective defence.

Related handbook facts

To counter the danger of a Soviet invasion, the UK became a member of the newly formed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense alliance of Western nations.

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