Two qualities that can make regions distinct from one another.

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo,sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

4. any area in which one nation has power over another; i.e. - this happened to china when it was defeated by japan

What was different about religious practices in pennsylvania and massachusetts