AP World History: Modern / Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900–present)

8.6 Newly Independent States

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Notes

New states faced challenges: ethnic and religious conflict, borders drawn by colonizers, economic dependence, and migration. Some had strong single-party or military rule.

Practice

Many new African states struggled with conflict partly because:

Partition of India created:

Many newly independent states remained economically tied to:

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