Chapter 13 Quiz

Question 1

Vietnam’s most populous areas are in the deltas of the Mekong and Red Rivers.
True or False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The domino theory states that if Malaysia was taken over by the communists, Laos and Cambodia would be the next countries to fall to communism.
True or False

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The world’s most populous Muslim country and also has the largest population in Southeast Asia is

        A.	Indonesia
 	B.	Malaysia
 	C.	Cambodia
 	D.	Philippines
 	E.	Vietnam

Answer 3

A. Indonesia

Question 4

Economic productivity in the “Golden Triangle” of Southeast Asia is mostly from copper.

True or False

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What country in Southeast Asia is a city-state?
 	A.	Burma
 	B.	Malaysia
 	C.	Indonesia
 	D.	Thailand
	E.	Singapore

Answer 5

E. Singapore

Question 6

Who were the first Europeans to arrive in Southeast Asia to colonize the region?
	A.	Portuguese
 	B.	British
 	C.	Dutch
 	D.	Spanish
 	E.	French

Answer 6

A. Portuguese

Question 7

Kalimantan is another name for the Island of
 	A.	Mindanao
 	B.	Sumatra
 	C.	Java
	D.	Borneo
 	E.	Java

Answer 7

D. Borneo

Question 8

What was the most prominent religion in Southeast Asia before the arrival of other religions?
	A.	Hinduism
	B.	Islam
	C.	Animism
	D.	Buddhism
	E.	Christianity

Answer 8

? it is not buddhism or Hinduism

Question 9

What is another term for "slash and burn" agriculture?
	A.	swidden
 	B.	intensive subsistence
 	C.	commercial agriculture
 	D.	rice cultivation
 	E.	plantation agriculture

Answer 9

A. swidden

Question 10

The Karen people are:
 	A.	the current rulers of Burma
 	B.	the royal family of Thailand
	C.	tribal people in Burma
 	D.	political prisoners in Cambodia
 	E.	aside from the Hmong, the second largest tribal group in Laos

Answer 10

C. tribal people in Burma

Question 11

What is transmigration?
A. It is a migration of refugees from one nation to another.
B. It is a long period of migration stagnation, when a nation’s population remains in one region for a significantly long period of time.
C. It is the relocation of a nation’s population from one location to another within its national territory.
D. It is the forced movement of certain citizens to concentration camps.
E. It is a government-implemented policy forbidding emigration from a nation in any form.

Answer 11

C. It is the relocation of a nation’s population from one location to another within its national territory.

Question 12

The recently independent country of East Timor was formerly part of what country of Southeast Asia?
 	A.	Malaysia
 	B.	Thailand
 	C.	the Philippines
 	D.	Vietnam
	E.	Indonesia

Answer 12

E. Indonesia

Question 13

Which country of Southeast Asia lies both on the mainland and in the islands of the region?
	A.	Malaysia
 	B.	Brunei
 	C.	Singapore
 	D.	Vietnam
 	E.	Laos

Answer 13

A. Malaysia

Question 14

What language did Philippine nationalists choose as a language to unite their country?
 	A.	Malay
 	B.	French
 	C.	English
 	D.	Spanish
	E.	Tagalog

Answer 14

E. Tagalog

Question 15

Which European country tried to retain control of its Southeast Asian colonies, which led to Vietnam War?
 	A.	United States
 	B.	Great Britain
 	C.	Spain
	D.	France
 	E.	the Dutch

Answer 15

D. France