Which of the Following Changes in the International Arena in the Second

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following changes in the international arena in the second half of the twentieth century contributed to the end of European colonial rule?

• A) The United Nations provided an international platform from which to conduct anticolonial agitation.
• B) The United States and the Soviet Union absorbed the colonies of the former European empires.
• C) The Westernized elite in the colonies assimilated into European society and ruled on behalf of European states.
• D) The World Bank offered to compensate those colonial powers willing to grant independence to their colonies.

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