New York State Regents Examinations · Global History & Geography II

Decolonization & Nationalism

How former colonies in Asia and Africa won independence — and the challenges (partition, civil war, apartheid, military coups) that followed.

Curriculum standards

NYSED 10.9

Lessons in this topic

India and Africa Win Independence
China After 1949 and the Middle East
Patterns Across the Decolonization Era

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