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