The correct answer is A) Mexico
Explanation:
In the map, the Southwest Native American cultural region is shown in orange. In this map, the region is located in the Southwest of the U.S. which includes modern states such as Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Additionally, the region extends to the south of the United States, which is now Mexico. It is possible to know this because, in the second map, the territory of the U.S. is highlighted and if you compared the highlighted zone to the orange zone in the first map, the orange zone includes territory that is not part of the U.S. Thus, the correct answer is Mexico.
It left he nations with the choice to declare their independence.
Explanation:
Most of the nations of the eastern region had declared their independence from the mother state of USSR and its communist regimes right after the fall of the USSR.
This was done when they got the free choice to do so if they pleased and the majority of the states had simply opted out.
There was a sense of dissatisfaction among the people with that mode of governance and they had seen the developed of the Democratic countries and wanted it for them.
The states had thus chosen for democracy