The "Third World" encompassed an enormous range of territory, including several tiny western European nations. was largely left out of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. was an invented term for developing nations not aligned with the Soviet Union or the United States. included many nations newly created out of former eastern European nations. was a term African nations gave themselves to suggest a "third way" in the Cold War.

The "Third World" encompassed an enormous range of territory, including several tiny western European nations. was largely left out of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. was an invented term for developing nations not aligned with the Soviet Union or the United States. included many nations newly created out of former eastern European nations. was a term African nations gave themselves to suggest a "third way" in the Cold War.