Crossing the Line GIS Activity Analysis
The country I have selected to split is Ukraine and the two countries I have selected to merge are North and South Korea. Ukraine is located in East Europe west of Russia. The Koreas are in Asia southeast of China.
I believe Ukraine will split because of the fact that there is already a division between the mainly European north and Russian South. Another devolution factor is there is economic unrest and hardship occurring in Ukraine. North and South Korea could possibly merge after the downfall of the dictatorship currently in North Korea. South Korea already has plans to help merge both countries.
The reason I chose the boundary in Ukraine is there is already a cultural boundary between Russian speakers and non-Russian speakers. This boundary could happen when Russian speaking part either merges with Russia or separates from the other part of Ukraine. If the two Koreas merge I think the existing boundaries with other countries would stay the same.
The new boundaries will hopefully help the people live better. The Ukraine boundaries will hopefully stop some disputes in the country. The Korea boundaries can hopefully end disputes between the two countries.
