Change and Continuity with Evidence for World War I

A change in the world between pre-World War I and post-World War 1 is that Europe developed new boundaries and thus, new countries. A continuity between these two time periods is that Africa remained predominantly British colonies.

Change Evidence:
- Austria-Hungary empire before; Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia after
- Romania's boundary expands northern border after WWI into previous Austria-Hungary region
- Russia's western border turns into Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Poland

Continuity Evidence:
- colony of Sudan before and after World War I belongs to Britain
- colony of Egypt stays with Britain before and after war

Reasons Why:
The change occurred because the empires that lost parts of their respective regions were all in a decline after the war. In order to restore peace and keep a balance of power in Europe, these new boundaries and countries were established.

Africa remained predominantly British colonies because after the war, prominent and imperial countries in the world were resolved to put in agendas that would help in limiting future potential large-scale wars. As a result, none of these other types of countries had time to change the colonizing scheme in Africa.