AP®︎ World History: Topic 8.5 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.5 of AP World History – Decolonization After 1900.
Questions List
Topic 8.5
Question 1 Easy
Which of the following most directly accelerated decolonization after 1945?
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Topic 8.5: Decolonization
Thematic Focus: GovernanceGOV
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: Unit 8: Learning Objective F
Compare the processes by which various peoples pursued independence after 1900.
Historical Developments: KC-6.2.II.A
Nationalist leaders and parties in Asia and Africa sought varying degrees of autonomy within or independence from imperial rule.
Historical Developments: KC-6.2.I.C
After the end of World War II, some colonies negotiated their independence, while others achieved independence through armed struggle.
Historical Developments: KC-6.2.II.B
Regional, religious, and ethnic movements challenged colonial rule and inherited imperial boundaries. Some of these movements advocated for autonomy.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Indian National Congress
- Ho Chi Minh in French Indochina (Vietnam)
- Kwame Nkrumah in British Gold Coast (Ghana)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt
- India from the British Empire
- The Gold Coast from the British Empire
- French West Africa
- Algeria from the French Empire
- Angola from the Portuguese Empire
- Vietnam from the French Empire
- Muslim League in British India
- Québécois separatist movement in Canada
- Biafra secessionist movement in Nigeria
