Defining DEVOLUTIONARY Factors [AP Human Geography Review—Unit 4 Topic 8]

What is devolution in political geography?

• The transfer of power from regional governments to a central government.

• The transfer of power from a central government to regional governments within the same state.

• The complete independence of a region from a state.

• The formation of a new state through international intervention.

Which concept describes the weakening of connection between two locations as the distance between them increases, often leading to challenges in national unity?

• Ethnic separatism

• Irredentism

• Friction of distance

• Economic disparity

The division of Sudan into Sudan and South Sudan, driven by ethnic tensions and historical colonial policies, is an example of which factor contributing to devolution?

• Economic problems

• Ethnic cleansing

• Ethnic separatism

• Irredentism

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, motivated by the presence of an ethnically Russian majority in the territory, is an example of which political geographical concept?

• Ethnic cleansing

• Terrorism

• Irredentism

• Social problems