NATO was formed to protect its members from aggression by the Soviet Union. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO's members include the U.S. and Canada. NATO protects democracy and individual freedom.
Explanation:
Nato's essential purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. Collective defense is at the heart of the Alliance and creates a spirit of solidarity and cohesion among its members. Its a collective defense strategy against the soviet which was trying to spread communism across Asia. Hence United states, Canada and other countries from western Europe created NATO. The expansion of NATO is North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Democratic nations are threatened by the spread of communism. The fall of democracy in Czechoslovakia and communism arose which became an alarming sign for the spread of communist principles across Europe. If soviet attacked any country then all countries who are the members of NATO would fight as a group against soviet which was a strong wall that defended communism and its spread.
Parallax measurements work by measuring the relative change in position of stars as the earth goes around the sun.
Physical geography of Europe and patterns of migration
Explanation:
Physical geography of a location determines its natural wealth upon which the population of the location is widely dependent upon and their migratory pattern.
Europe’s varied physical features along with temperate climate and huge natural resources led to vast agricultural shifts (especially in the Northern Lowlands) and natural resources.
The central location of Europe between the Americas and Asia proved to be a great beneficial factor for people from both sides to migrate and settle in Europe.
The Alps Mountains created linguistic diversity of European languages. The physical geographical elements like Mount Etna, the Mediterranean Sea Island, Sicily Island, were all considered mythical by the ancient Europeans which made them migrate towards those places.
Compared to the rest of the world, the US has the highest gdp of all countries. The number fell down drastically since world war 2, but the country still stays at the number one position.