@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix isothes: <http://purl.org/iso25964/skos-thes#> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Southwestern_United_States>
  skos:prefLabel "Southwestern United States"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Great_Lakes_region>
  skos:prefLabel "Great Lakes region"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Midwestern_United_States>
  skos:prefLabel "Midwestern United States"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Pacific_states>
  skos:prefLabel "Pacific states"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Appalachian_region>
  skos:prefLabel "Appalachian region"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/New_England>
  skos:prefLabel "New England"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States>
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Northwestern_United_States>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Midwestern_United_States>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Southeastern_United_States>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Great_Lakes_region>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/New_England>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Pacific_states>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Appalachian_region>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Southwestern_United_States>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Mid-Atlantic_region> ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/North_America> ;
  skos:definition "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is a liberal democratic country, and the basic elements of democracy (majority rule, government by popular consent, one person one vote, and competitive elections, to name a few) are revered. In this liberal democratic country, certain core values have persisted since America's founding. [Source: <a href=\"https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/politics/n238.xml\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"to-sk\">Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right; United States</a>]"@en ;
  skos:exactMatch <https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481.html> ;
  skos:prefLabel "United States"@en .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Southeastern_United_States>
  skos:prefLabel "Southeastern United States"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/North_America>
  skos:prefLabel "North America"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/conceptgroup/concepts>
  a skos:Collection, isothes:ConceptGroup ;
  skos:prefLabel "concepts"@en ;
  skos:member <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Northwestern_United_States>
  skos:prefLabel "Northwestern United States"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Mid-Atlantic_region>
  skos:prefLabel "Mid-Atlantic region"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States> .