Strayer Unit 8

Question 1

What issues did decolonization movements focus on?

Answer 1

• poverty
• racism
• subordination
• colonial rule
• transferring power to nation-states and away from metropoles

Question 2

What countries gained independence in the first breakthroughs of the global decolonization process during the 1940s?

Answer 2

• Israel
• Jordan
• Syria
• Iraq
• Burma
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• India
• Indonesia

Question 3

When was the age of African decolonization?

Answer 3

Mid 1950s-mid 1970s: over 50 states gained independence

Question 4

When was the age of Pacific Oceania decolonization?

Answer 4

Usually peacefully, this was throughout the 1970s.
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Fiji
- Kiribati

Exception: Hawaii sought integration into the US.