Geography SE Asia Flashcards
largest island country in SE Asia
Indonesia
How many islands make up Philippines
more than 7,000
Ring of Fire’s most active volcano (Indonesia)
Java
Red River location
Vietnam
Flora
plants
Thailand is known for which plant?
orchids
Fauna
animals
Why did CAmbodia’s population decline between 1975 and 1979
Khmer Rouge
Why did people move to the U.S. after the Vietnam war
political stability
3 major language families
Malayo-Polynesian, Sino-Tibetan, Mon-Khmer
Religion in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam
Buddhism
designs on cloth
batik
Thailand’s major religious holiday
Songkran
Vietnam’s major religious holiday
Tet
empire that dominated SE Asian seas
Srivijaya
center for Islam
Malacca
2 countries that controlled SE Asia
US and Europe
country taken from Spain by US in 1898
Philippines
1998 Indonesia dictatorship to ______
democracy
Indonesia, the Philippines, and SIngapore are all _______ governments
democracies
Laos and Vietnam have ________ governments
communist
Organization that gives loans to developing countries
Asian Development Bank
Organization uses its economic and political alliance for economic growth and cultural exchanges
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
area with volcanoes and has experiences earthquakes, typhoon and flash flooding
Pacific Rim’s Ring of Fire