Relier Pairs The consecuences of WWIIVersion en ligne The decolonization process par Gehistart Artgeo 1 It was defined as opposed to the First World (developed capitalist countries), and the Second World (socialist countries) 2 Decolonization of Asia 3 Decolonization of Near East and Maghreb 4 Historical process that takes place mainly from the Second World War and by which the former colonies of Asia and Africa achieve political independence 5 State of permanent tension that did not lead to an armed confrontation, by means of a policy of calculated risks 6 Decolonization of Africa 7 Bandung Conference 8 Bipolar World 9 Perestroika and glasnost with M. Gorbachev (political and economic reforms) Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Bloc Democratization of Eastern Europe 10 Weakening of Europe Rising costs of maintaining empires Development of nationalist movements in the colonies Rejection of colonialism in European and American public opinion Bandug Conference 11 Reconstruction Assistance Program (Marshall Plan) Union process: EEC (later EU) Welfare State and economic crisis 12 Misile crisis Decolonization (definition) The Cold War (definition) Causes of decolonization The Third World (definition) Evolution of Western Europe Crumbling of the socialist bloc