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Text Dependent Questions 1. How many people lived in Non-Self Governing Territories in 1945? 2. What did UN Resolution 1514 accomplish? 3. Outline the options for independence that UN Resolution 1541 gave NSGTs. Research Projects 1. Hold a debate on the U.S.Virgin Islands, with one side taking the part of the United States as an administering nation and the other the part of the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Debate the pros and cons of independence versus remaining a part of the administering nation. 2. Research why one of the NSGTs may want to become independent and compare it to the reasons why America wanted to gain its independence from Britain in the 1770s. Are there any differences? Are there any similarities? Create a table showing each.

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