This political world map of 1975 CE, This1975 world map shows perhaps the greatest change of any in over a century. Students might take a while to figure out what that change is. They might eventually recognize the huge number of new countries across Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia. This map represents the great sweep of decolonization that characterized the mid-20th century, but also the persistence of a Cold War between capitalist and communist powers in this era.
1975 CE political map, by OER Project, CC BY 4.0.