Chapter 13 Flashcards
What agricultural system is sometimes referred to as “slash and burn”?
a. plantation agriculture
b. rice cultivation
c. intensive subsistence
d. commercial agriculture
e. swidden
E
Which country of Southeast Asia lies both on the mainland and in the islands of the region?
a. Laos
b. Brunei
c. Vietnam
d. Malaysia
e. Singapore
D
What country has the highest population in Southeast Asia?
a. the Philippines
b. Laos
c. Vietnam
d. Burma
e. Indonesia
E
What country near the region of Southeast Asia has sent a very large number of immigrants to Southeast Asia?
a. Papua-New Guinea
b. Japan
c. China
d. Tasmania
e. New Zealand
C
Who are the Karen?
a. a tribal people of upland Burma
b. Cambodians who have been expelled from their homeland and forced to reside in Thailand
c. the current rulers of Burma
d. the royal family of Thailand
e. aside from the Hmong, the second largest tribal group in Laos
A
What religion did the indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia practice before the arrival of religions from elsewhere?
a. Christianity
b. Animism
c. Islam
d. Hinduism
e. Buddhism
B
What is the mission of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?
a. ASEAN fosters regional cooperation in order to control (rather than be controlled by) external global forces.
b. ASEAN was created to improve education in the region.
c. ASEAN is a free-trade association, like NAFTA or the European Union.
d. ASEAN is a military alliance (like NATO).
e. ASEAN’s primary goal is to clean up the environment in the region.
A
With what Southeast Asian country were the Khmer Rouge guerrillas associated?
a. Indonesia
b. Cambodia
c. Malaysia
d. Thailand
e. Philippines
B
What are the economic and political systems like in Vietnam?
a. It embraces market economics, while retaining the political forms of a communist state.
b. It had adopted a regulated economic system, along with a socialist-democratic political form.
c. It rejects market economics, while retaining the political forms of a communist state.
d. It embraces market economics and a democratic government.
e. It rejects both market economics and the political forms of a communist state.
A
Thailand has the dubious distinction of being one of the world’s centers for this illicit activity.
a. opium growing
b. prostitution
c. gambling
d. arms trading
e. money laundering
B
What does ASEAN stand for?
Association of SouthEast Asian Nations
Who is considered Burmese?
All inhabitants of Burma
Who are the Burmans?
Country’s dominant, Burmese speaking ethnic group.
List 3 things about the Karen people.
-7 million people
-live in mountains
-never fully included in Burmese Kingdom
-smuggled goods between Thailand and Burma
-80,000 live in refugee camps
Etc.
Where do the trees go that are cut down? (Deforestation)
Japan, Europe, US
What country cut down more than half of their trees in 20 years?
Thailand
What are trees being replaced with due to increased flooding in the region?
Fast-growing Australian Eucalyptus trees
Which country in Southeast Asia contains the largest number of islands?
Philippines
Which country of Southeast Asia lies both on the mainland and in the islands of the region?
Malaysia
“Insular” Southeast Asia refers to which of the following locations?
The insular region of Southeast Asia includes the countries of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, and the Philippines
Countries located on the islands
On which island of Indonesia are the forests still extensive?
New Guinea
By what other name is Kalimantan also known?
Borneo
What activity has placed the greatest pressure on the forests of Southeast Asia?
Export of wood to other countries
What is the longest river in Southeast Asia?
Mekong river
Of what material is the Khorat Plateau composed?
Sandstone
What geological feature is associated with the islands of Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands?
Volcanoes
How long does Southeast Asia’s hot and rainy season last?
May to October
How long does Southeast Asia’s dry and hot season last?
November to April
Where is the population in Vietnam concentrated?
Red River Delta in the north and the Mekong River Delta in the south.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City
On mainland Southeast Asia, what is the most common crop in the lowlands?
Rice
What country near the region of Southeast Asia has sent a very large number of immigrants to Southeast Asia?
China
What is the most densely settled island of the Philippines?
Luzon
What is the chief product of the “Golden Triangle” of Southeast Asia?
Opium
Under what conditions is swidden cultivation sustainable?
When population densities remain relatively low
What is the most densely settled island of Indonesia?
Java
What is transmigration?
Relocation of population from one region to another within its national territory
What country of Southeast Asia has the region’s lowest total Fertility Rate—a rate so low (below replacement level) that its population may soon begin to decline?
Singapore
What country has the highest population in Southeast Asia?
Indonesia
Which country is the world’s most populous Muslim country?
Indonesia
What group of people brought Islam to Southeast Asia?
Muslim merchants from South and Southwest Asia
About how many distinct languages are spoken in Indonesia?
50
Who were the first Europeans to arrive in Southeast Asia to colonize the region and what century?
Portuguese in the 1500’s
With what Southeast Asian country were the Khmer Rouge guerrillas associated?
Cambodia
The Vietnam War started when which European country tried to retain control of its Southeast Asian colonies?
France
According to the domino theory, if Vietnam fell to the communists, the two next countries to fall to communism would be
Laos and Cambodia
The recently independent country of East Timor was formerly part of what country of Southeast Asia?
Indonesia
Modern-day Indonesia was once a colony of which European country?
Netherlands
What is OREC?
Organization of Rice Exporting Countries
-seek to maintain high and even prices
What is animism?
Worshipping nature, spirits and its ancestors
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Confusing network of forest passages through Laos and Cambodia
Why are none of the countries of Southeast Asia obligated to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol?
a. It is against their religious beliefs.
b. They have purchased carbon trading rights instead.
c. They are all officially classified as developing countries.
d. Their emissions are beneath the threshold required for action.
e. The countries in the region have not ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
C
