Crash Course World History - #40 Decolonization



Name________________________________________ Period: ________Crash Course World History - #40 DecolonizationAP Key Concepts: 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their ConsequencesI. Europe dominated the global political order at the beginning of the twentieth century, but both land-based and transoceanic empires gave way to new forms of Transregional political organization by the century’s end.The older land-based Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of internal and external factors.Some colonies negotiated their independence.Some colonies achieved independence through armed struggle.II. Emerging ideologies of anti-imperialism contributed to the dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states.Nationalist leaders in Asia and Africa challenged imperial rule.Regional, religious, and ethnic movements challenged both colonial rule and inherited imperial boundaries.Transnational movements sought to unite people across national boundaries.Movements to redistribute land and resources developed within states in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, sometimes advocating communism and socialism.III. Political changes were accompanied by major demographic and social consequences.The redrawing of old colonial boundaries led to population resettlements.The migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires.The proliferation of conflicts led to various forms of ethnic violence and the displacement of peoples resulting in refugee populations.IV. Military conflicts occurred on an unprecedented global scale.The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and promoted proxy wars in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.Directions:Preview the video viewing questions.Watch “Crash Couse in World History: Latin American Revolutions” without taking any notes.Watch “Crash Couse in World History: Latin American Revolutions” a second time. We will pause the video as needed so that you can answer the questions.Meet and greet your classmates to get the answers to questions you did not get.Crash Course World History - #40 Decolonization What are some of the other empires that we’ve talked about in this course? What is different about their decline versus decolonization?What role did WWII play in decolonization? Decolonization throughout Afro-Eurasia had some similar characteristics. What were they? For each of the following geographic areas, fill out the chart below.Methods of colonial controlKey independence leaders/methodsResultsIndiaIndonesiaEgyptCentral and Southern AfricaWhat have been the long term results of decolonization in Africa? ................
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