Compare the two maps. What do the maps indicate about regions that gained independence in the second half of the twentieth century?

The first map shows colonial powers and their holdings (1945). The second map shows human development worldwide.

They differ in their development patterns.

They are as developed as their colonial powers.

They are more developed than their colonial powers.

They remain less developed than their colonial powers.

They remain less developed than their colonial powers

Explanation:

After comparing the two maps, The two maps specify about regions that gained independence during the second half of the twentieth century that they remain less developed than their colonial powers.

In 1945, during the postwar era, were some prospect that decolonization might be gradually coming to stay and on the term thatis favourable to the western European colonial nations retaining their world power position.

When comparing the two maps in respect of human development, it is clearly seen that the region that gained independence during the second half of the twentieth century that they lag behind those that colonised them