In Gaining Their Independence from European Colonizers

question 20

Multiple Choice

In gaining their independence from European colonizers,

• A) South Africa broke free in the early 1980s.
• B) France held its colonies until the late 1960s.
• C) Kenya won its independence first, in 1957.
• D) Britain tried to hold its colonies, but finally gave in and let even the white settlers colonies go.
• E) French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa achieved independence in 1958.

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