Question

1. which of the following would describe a positive development for a state that became independent through decolonization? (a) establishing territoriality by claiming sovereignty over its lands (b) maintaining economic neocolonial ties with its former mother country (c) engaging in ethnic cleansing of a minority group within its borders (d) existing along a shatterbelt between two powerful states (e) experiencing centrifugal forces due to multiple ethnicities

Explanation:

To determine a positive development for a decolonized state, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Establishing territoriality and sovereignty over its lands is a key aspect of a newly independent state's stability and legitimacy, a positive step.
• Option B: Maintaining neocolonial economic ties implies continued external control, not positive.
• Option C: Ethnic cleansing is a human rights violation and negative.
• Option D: Being in a shatterbelt (a region of conflict between powers) is unstable, negative.
• Option E: Centrifugal forces (divisive) from multiple ethnicities are destabilizing, negative.

Answer:

A. Establishing territoriality by claiming sovereignty over its lands