AP Human Geo Centripetal and Centrifugal Force Short Response PDF

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AP Human Geography Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces Free Response 3a. The concept “centripetal force” is defined as a force or attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state. They provide stability, strengthen the state, help bind people together, and create unity. The concept “centrifugal force” is defined as a force or attitude that divides people in a country. Centrifugal forces can lead to balkanization, or when a state splits up into smaller states that are hostile to each other. b. A centripetal force that affects the viability of India is the common religion of Hinduism. Because almost all the people in India are devoted to Hinduism, they share a commonality that unites them and brings the country together. They are able to worship together on holy days, and are able to preserve sacred places together because everyone is cooperative. c. A centrifugal force that affects the viability of Nepal is the geography. Parts of Nepal lie in the Himalayas Mountain Range. The mountains scattered in Nepal separate and isolate different communities. In this way, information spreads around slower and the communities that are in the mountains feel isolated from the rest of their state....