Which world event sped up independence movements by european colonies in southeast asia?
-germany's invasion of poland
-the occupation of southeast asia by japan
-the great depression
-the end of the cold war

The correct answer is B. The occupation of southeast Asia by Japan.

In the early 16th century is when european powers started to colonize Asia.

For example, we had portuguese  seizures of sites. When portugal and Spain decline of european colonization then it caused the European powers to be paved away.

Dutch took over portuguese colonies where strong presence was established because of their interest in Asia.

There was competition between Dutch, portuguese, and Spanish for whoever will win the Asia.

The occupation of southeast Asia by Japan

Explanation:

IN 1940 the Japanese Empire invaded the French Indo-China and this continued with different countries in Southeast Asia, when Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor it made USA enter the WWII, they were eventually defeated and this left those countries that were occupied with no government which led to a series of revolutions and declarations of independence from those states.

relations between the soviet union and the united states were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years. the distinct differences in the political systems of the two countries often prevented them from reaching a mutual understanding on key policy issues and even, as in the case of the cuban missile crisis, brought them to the brink of war.

the united states government was initially hostile to the soviet leaders for taking russia out of world war i and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. although the united states embarked on a famine relief program in the soviet union in the early 1920s and american businessmen established commercial ties there during the period of the new economic policy (1921–29), the two countries did not establish diplomatic relations until 1933. by that time, the totalitarian nature of joseph stalin's regime presented an insurmountable obstacle to friendly relations with the west. although world war ii brought the two countries into alliance, based on the common aim of defeating nazi germany, the soviet union's aggressive, antidemocratic policy toward eastern europe had created tensions even before the war ended.

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