unit 4 defining devolutionary factors

Question 1

devolution

Answer 1

transfer of power from central government to a lower/regional government (appease local dissent by compromising and proving more autonomy)

Question 2

how can physical geography lead to devolution

Answer 2

countries that are too large/too fragmented have a hard time being cohesive (Russia, Indonesia, Philippines)

Question 3

how ethnic separtism can lead to devolution

Answer 3

countries with a lot of different ethnicities (especially ones that want their own country) have trouble being on the same page (Russia, Spain, Canada, Belgium, Nigeria, etc.)

Question 4

how ethnic cleansing can lead to devolution

Answer 4

trying to rid a location of a particular ethnicity, mainly through forced migration (Native Americans, Armenians, former Yugoslavia, Kurds)

Question 5

how terrorism can lead to devolution

Answer 5

deliberate acts of aggression against a population to get demands met

Question 6

how economic and social problems can lead to devolution

Answer 6

economic disparity between regions causes people to be upset, or if tax money is not used to benefit the people actually pay (Spain/Catalonia)

Question 7

how irredentism can lead to devolution

Answer 7

the process of expanding land to include all people who are ethnically similar/land that they believe is rightfully theirs (Russia/Ukraine)