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Physical Geo Of Southeast Asia Flashcards

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Archipelagos

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Group of islands

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Cordilleras

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Parallel mountain ranges and plateaus

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How big is Southeast Asia?

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1.7 million square miles

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What two peninsulas create the mainland of Southeast Asia? Which is bigger?

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Indochina and Malay; indochina

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South of the mainland is the…

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Malay archipelago; East Indies

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How many countries are on the mainland?

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About half of the 11

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What countries are on the Malay Peninsula?

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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar and most of Thailand

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What countries make up the Malay Peninsula?

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Part of Thailand and Myanmar, and Malaysia

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What is another name for Myanmar?

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Burma

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Insular

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Island or isolated

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What is an isolated insular country?

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The Philippines

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Name the insular countries.

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Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines

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What is Borneo?

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Borneo is the island that includes three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei

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How many islands does Indonesia have? How many are settled? How many are named?

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13,000; 1000 settled; 6000 named

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What country used to be part of Indonesia?

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East Timor

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Singapore has more than… Islands and the Philippines have… Islands. In the Philippines only… Are settled and… Islands account for… Land area.

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Singapore has more than 13500 Islands and the Philippines have 7000 Islands. In the Philippines only 900 Are settled and 11 Islands account for 95 percent of the Land area.

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Mountains dominate Southeast Asia, and creates

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Natural borders

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Annam cordillera

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Separates Vietnam from Laos and Cambodia

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Why are mountains commonly found among Southeast Asia’s islands?

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It is part of the ring of fire

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How many volcanoes does Indonesia have?

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327

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Which island of Indonesia the most active in volcanic activity?

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Java; 17 of 100 active volcanoes of Indonesia are there

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What major eruption occurred in this region (Southeast Asia)? Why was this important?

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Mount pinatubo of Philippines erupted in 1991 and was one of the most powerful eruptions of the century that affected surrounded areas and cooled the whole world

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In 2004, a tsunami hit Southeast Asia with a magnitude of… And hit… The hardest.

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9; Indonesia

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What is the biggest River in Southeast Asia? How big is it? Where does it flow from and to?

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The Mekong River; 2,600 miles; starts in China, borders Thailand and Laos and into the South China Sea

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What is flora and fauna?

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Plants and animals

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