TOPIC 8.6
Newly Independent
States
Part 1
THEMATIC FOCUS
Governance (GOV)
A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion,
and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative
institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise
power in different ways and for different purposes.
Learning Objective G:
Explain how political changes in the period from c. 1900 to the present led to territorial, demographic, and nationalist developments.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
The redrawing of political boundaries after the withdrawal of former colonial authorities led to the creation of new states.
KC-2
The redrawing of political boundaries in some cases led to conflict as well as population displacement and/or resettlements, including those related to the Partition of India and the creation of the state of Israel.
Part 2
Economics Systems (ECN)
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce,
exchange, and consume goods and services.
Learning Objective H:
Explain the economic changes and continuities resulting from the process of decolonization.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
In newly independent states after World War II, governments often took on a strong role in guiding economic life to promote development.
KC-2
The migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles (the former colonizing country), usually in the major cities, maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Governance (GOV)
A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion,
and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative
institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise
power in different ways and for different purposes.
Learning Objective G:
Explain how political changes in the period from c. 1900 to the present led to territorial, demographic, and nationalist developments.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
The redrawing of political boundaries after the withdrawal of former colonial authorities led to the creation of new states.
KC-2
The redrawing of political boundaries in some cases led to conflict as well as population displacement and/or resettlements, including those related to the Partition of India and the creation of the state of Israel.
Part 2
Economics Systems (ECN)
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce,
exchange, and consume goods and services.
Learning Objective H:
Explain the economic changes and continuities resulting from the process of decolonization.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
In newly independent states after World War II, governments often took on a strong role in guiding economic life to promote development.
KC-2
The migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles (the former colonizing country), usually in the major cities, maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires.