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Chapter one

Text Dependent Questions 1. Explain how the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations helped lead the way to World War II. 2. How did the Great Depression impact colonial nations? 3. What is the purpose of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Research Projects 1. Research one of the colonial powers of the nineteenth and twentieth century and create a map showing which territory or territories they controlled. 2. Imagine you are on the Special Committee for Decolonization. Choose a Territory on the Non-Self- Governing Territories list. Research that Territory and make a list of specific recommendations to help it become self-governing.

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Chapter One