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Nation-Building in the Contemporary World — Test

Question 17 • 26-27 - C - RUSD World History, Culture and Geography

Read the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1960. The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights. In the resolution, what do the words “alien subjugation, domination and exploitation” most likely refer to?

Answer
A
need for self-determination
B
desire for independence
C
challenges of independence
D
control by foreign powers

Explanation

“Alien” here means foreign, and subjugation, domination, and exploitation describe one group exercising power over another. In the context of a United Nations resolution on peoples’ rights, the phrase refers to control by foreign powers. The answer is D, “control by foreign powers.”

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