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World History • Cold War • Lesson 4

Map Challenge: NATO, Warsaw Pact, and Neutral States

Sort the countries, color the map, then reflect on how alliances divided Europe during the Cold War.

Instructions

How this works

  • First, drag each country into NATO, Warsaw Pact, or Neutral / Other.
  • Then choose a color mode and click the countries on the Europe map.
  • Blue means NATO, red means Warsaw Pact, and gray means Neutral / Other.
  • The United States and Canada appear in the sorting challenge, but not on the Europe map.
  • Berlin is shown automatically as a divided city and is not part of the student clicking challenge.
  • You get 3 checks total. The 3rd check becomes the recorded interactive score.
Step 1

Sort the countries

NATO

United States led alliance with Western Europe and Canada.

Warsaw Pact

Soviet led alliance of communist states in Eastern Europe.

Neutral / Other

Countries that did not belong to either Cold War alliance bloc.

Step 2

Color the map

Choose a color, then click countries on the map. This is a Europe-only map, so the United States and Canada are not shown here.

Map status: Waiting for map to load.
Debug: Click a country and its SVG id will appear here.
Checks used: 0 / 3