Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40 (12:48)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 02:23 How did World War II affect colonial empires?
- 04:54 Why was there tension within India’s independence movement? What was the source of the disagreement?
- 05:43 In what way was the Indian independence movement very different from the partition of India that followed? What do you think was the cause of this difference?
- 07:50 What are cash crops? How were Indonesian farmers exploited in order to enrich the Netherlands?
- 11:07 What kinds of challenges did African nations face after independence? How had imperialism contributed to those challenges?