The International red cross

It helps lend technical assistance to less fortunate countries. It also helps countries with fininacial problems.

www.icrc.org

The international Monetary fund

The International Monetary Fund is an international organization that oversees global and fininancial systems by following the policies of its member countries, in particular those with an impact on the exchange rates and the balance of payments.

http://www.imf.org/external/work.htm

The United Nations

www.un.org/depts/dpi/decolonization/main.htm

The United nations strives to focus on enviromental developement and peace. They also have programs in areas such as human rights.

www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

“Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations”


“Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.”

Effects of Imperialism

In my opinion, effects imperialism had in these countries were causing disagreement, and causing war, and gaining independence. Countries were being dragged to accept western ideas and this started all of the rebellion. Which caused the war…in the end this had caused independence. This caused 90 countries to emerge during this time period, which is a great effect of the imperialism.

Countries that won thier independence after World war 2

Kenya
a They Won their independence from the UKb)
B. 1 The GDP per capita is $1,600
2 The Unemployment rate is 40%
3 Fertility rate is 4.7 children born per woman
4 Literacy rate is 85.1% c) 33% are Roman Catholic & English is main language.
d. www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107678.html -

Ghanaa
A.They Won their independence from the UK.
B. 1 the total literacy rate is 57.9%
2 GDP per capita: $1,400
3 Unemployment rate: 11%
4 The Median age is 20.4 years
C. 68% are Christian and English is the official languaged
D. www.geographia.com/ghana/ -

Indonesia
A. Won independence their independence from Dutch
B 1 The population of Indonesia is 237,512,355
2 the Median age is 27.2
3 GDP per capita is $3,400
4 16 million internet users, literacy rate for total population is 90.4%
C. 2nd most popular religion is Protestant, and English is spoken.
D. www.indo.com/neighbor/ina_web.html

Armenia
A. They won their independence from Soviet Union.B.
1 GDP per capita is $5,700
2 The average age is 31.
3 populations 2,968,586
4 literacy rate is 99.4%
C. The 2nd most popular religion is Christianity and at age 18 people can vote.
D. www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5275.htm

Extent or European colonial holdings

Region&
Percentage Controlled
Africa
90.4%
Polynesia
98.9%
Asia
56.5%
Australia
100.0%
Americas
27.2%

The End of Imperialism

Africa Asia Asia & Africa
not independent not independent not independent
prior to 1800 1801-1900 1801-1900
1801-1900 1901-1920 1901-1920
1901-1920 1961-1980 1921-1940
1921-1940 prior to 1800 prior to 1800
1981-present 1921-1940 1980-present
1961-1980 1980-present 1961-1980
1941-1960 1941-1960 1941-1960

I learned that from 1941-1960 was when alot of the previously colonized countries became independent. I also learned that alot of countries gained thier independence duringrecent times like around 1980. Ifelt that America was way younger but i realized some countries have only been independent for a few decades. We also learned more than half of asia gained thier independence prior to 1800.

Nations Seek Stability

Why did many nations win their independence from European rule after World War II?
Britain and France tried to hold their empires at first, but after the war they had worn out their military and financial resources. With subject peoples ready to fight for freedom, many war-weary Europeans had no desire for further conflict.


How did the cold war undermine imperialism?
The cold war too undermined imperialism. The United States backed the right of colonized people to self-determination. Its rival, the Soviet Union also had long condemned western imperialism. Soon both sides were seeking allies between emerging Nations.

Why did many new nations remain unaligned?
To avoid super power rivalry, which was not allied to either side in the cold war. The goal of this was to reduce tension and promote economic policies that would help developing nations.


How many new countries emerged during the great liberation?
90 new countries emerged during the great liberation.

What problems did new nations face while seeking stability?
After the new nations had won their independence, they still faced substantial problems, only a few like India were able to sustain democratic rule. The new nations had been shaken by revolution or civil war. Usually wealthy& western educated elite had controlled the government and the economy. The people were mainly poor and had been cut off from advancement. As the problems grew the military and authority leaders often took control. They imposed order by building one party dictatorship

1914 world map