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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.
Chapter Three
Chapter Three