Read the following statement: A local province asks the national government to grant it power to control the waterways within its boundaries.

This statement can BEST be described as an example of

annexation
devolution
dissolution
irredentism
secession

I would say the answer is devolution.

Explanation:

Devolution is "the transfer of power from a national government to a regional (or subnational) government. In this case, the national gov't is devolving power to control the waterways within its boundaries to a local gov't. Hope this helps. :)

answer; i believe the correct answer is (favorable balance);

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.