WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They owed tribute to the colonial power for their independence
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The countries were now drained of money and resources for their own people
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The European powers did not leave the colonies prepared to govern themselves
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Once independent, other countries swept in to recolonize them
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Detailed explanation-1: -Division of world in two power blocs: US and USSR. Cold war. A huge economic loss to the world economy. Refugee problems.
Detailed explanation-2: -Colonialism’s impacts include environmental degradation, the spread of disease, economic instability, ethnic rivalries, and human rights violations-issues that can long outlast one group’s colonial rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -African peoples did not have these, so they were branded uncivilised. These attitudes allowed European colonists to ignore the established African tribes and kingdoms with their rich histories and cultures. By 1914, the only independent African states were Liberia and Ethiopia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Depending on how you define it, the only countries that were never colonies are Liberia, Ethiopia, Japan, Thailand, Bhutan, Iran, Nepal, Tonga, China, and possibly North Korea, South Korea and Mongolia. Some historians nitpick over this list.