Quiz #5 chap 9-10

Question 1

The area is very populated with about 675 million people, slightly more than all of Latin America! Three countries have a population over 100 million: ________________, ________________ and ________________.

Answer 1

1. Philippines
2. Indonesia
3. Vietnam

Question 2

With a warm climate, enough precipitation, and the highest concentration of active volcanoes on earth (volcanic ashes are a great natural fertilizer), ________________ Island in Indonesia has a great food production capacity and one of the highest population densities on earth (1100 inhabitants/km2). Almost one inhabitant of South-East Asia out of four lives on ________________ Island, and a bit more than 40% are from a single country: ________________.

Answer 2

1. Java
2. Java
3. Indonesia

Question 3

The ________________ part has several large rivers like the Mekong. There is an impressive number of active volcanoes in the ________________ part.
The ________________ part has more than 2 meters of precipitation throughout the year and the ________________ part has 1 to 2 meters of precipitation over the year and a dry winter.

Answer 3

1. Mainland
2. Archipelago
3. Archipelago
4. Mainland

Question 4

The ________________ countries all have one dominant ethnic group with its own language per country. The ________________ countries all have a dominant Malay culture with large Chinese minorities in the cities.
When traveling in ________________ countries, it is more difficult to learn the language since in each State, they use a unique tonal language written in its unique alphabet. As opposed to ________________ countries, where most use non-tonal languages and the Roman alphabet.

Answer 4

1. Mainland
2. Archipelago
3. Mainland
4. Archipelago

Question 5

Which type of natural disaster hit the low coastal area of Myanmar in 2008, causing at least 138,000 fatalities, the worst natural catastrophe in the country’s history? ________________.

Answer 5

Cyclone Nargis

Question 6

What is the name of the yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark, used in Myanmar as make-up and skin protection? ________________.

Answer 6

Thanaka

Question 7

The one country with the largest number of Rohingyas refugees is ________________. The Kutupalong area has the largest refugee camp that exists on earth with more than 600,000 Rohingyas.

Answer 7

Bangladesh

Question 8

________________ is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world.

Answer 8

Angkor Wat

Question 9

What are the two main islands of the Philippines? ________________ and ________________.

Answer 9

1. Luzon
2. Mindanao

Question 10

10. Terrace farming is widely used in several Asian countries including the Philippines. List two advantages and one disadvantage of terrace farming:
    Advantage #1: ____
    Advantage #2: ___
    Disadvantage: ____

Answer 10

Advantages:
1= Protect soil from overly rapid erosion
2= Trap and hold rainwater
Disadvantages:
3= Terracing requires huge inputs of labor to construct and maintain

Question 11

________________ trees originate from the Amazon, but they have been widely exported to other tropical countries by European colonial countries from the end of the 1800.

Answer 11

Rubber

Question 12

In November 2013, Haiyan Typhoon, AKA Yolanda Typhoon, went right across the Philippines, killing over 5000 people and affecting 11 M people. It is the strongest storm ever recorded at landfall with a one-minute sustained wind of __________ km/h! To designate a tropical storm, the term ‘typhoon’ is used in the Northwest Pacific. The term ________________ is used in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, and ________________ is the term to use in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Answer 12

1. 378 km/h
2. ?
3. ?

Question 13

In deforesting to grow Palm Oil Trees, the habitat of one of our close kin, the beautiful red-haired ____, is also destroyed, threatening its survival.

Answer 13

1. orangutans

Question 14

A ________________ is a natural disaster which is a series of fast-moving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides.

Answer 14

Tsunami

Question 15

Indonesia is the fourth most populated State on earth. Despite Indonesia being the most important country for the number of Muslims, a local form of Hinduism with colorful festivities is practiced on ________________ Island.

Answer 15

Bali

Question 16

Both located at the Equator, ________ and _______are the top 2 biodiversity countries on Earth.

Answer 16

1. Indonesia
2. Brazil

Question 17

There is a higher linguistic diversity among countries located in the tropical zone. ________________ is the country on earth with the most spoken languages: 839 according to the chart!

Answer 17

Papua New Guinea

Question 18

The three main countries (for their size) of Oceania are the three traced on the sketch map. They are: ________________, ________________ and ________________. The other countries of the area are scattered in the Pacific Ocean between the Tropics. The whole Oceania has a population slightly larger than Canada with 45 million inhabitants. The ________________ Ocean represents roughly one-third of the earth’s surface.

Answer 18

1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. Papua New Guinea
4. Pacific

Question 19

Australia is a warm desert, empty, flat, and dry. The country has roughly the same area than continental ________________. The population lies mainly on a narrow strip along the southeastern coast of the country, between Brisbane and Adelaide.

Answer 19

USA

Question 20

The two largest Australian cities are: ________________ and________________.

Answer 20

1. Sydney
2. Melbourne

Question 21

The ________________ is both the world’s largest coral reef system and largest living structure with more than 2300 km in length. It is composed of approximately 900 islands and 3000 reefs located off the north-east coast of Australia. A recent 2016 research showed that almost 93% of the Great Barrier Reef is suffering from bleaching due to the warming ocean water (El Nino), acidification, and different types of pollution. Consequently, the coral might never recover from that and is highly threatened.

Answer 21

Great Rift Valley

Question 22

Australia has extremely varied flora and fauna that are found nowhere else in the world. Of the 869 species of reptiles of Australia, 93% are ________________, which means native and restricted to that place.

Answer 22

endemic

Question 23

The 30,000 islands of Oceania are divided into three sub-regions called ________________ (south of the Equator), ________________ (north of the Equator), and ________________ (a vast triangle between Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island). Micronesia, formed mostly of low islands, is greatly affected by sea level rise.

Answer 23

1. Melanesia
2. Micronesia
3. Polynesia

Question 24

With the largest concentration of active volcanoes on earth and very frequent earthquakes, the Pacific ________________ is the most active geological area on earth!

Answer 24

Ring of fire

Question 25

The ________________ Trench is the deepest point of all oceans. It sits at more than 11 000 m below sea level.

Answer 25

Mariana

Question 26

An ________________ is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

Answer 26

atoll

Question 27

The 4 main islands of Hawaii archipelago are: Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii aka Big Island. The one with the most population and the city of Honolulu and the famous Waikiki Beach is ________________. The landscape of Big Island is dominated by two large shield volcanoes: Mauna Kea, famous for its astronomical observatory, and Mauna Loa, an active giant volcano.

Answer 27

Oahu Island

Question 28

The 100 M or so coconut trees are located in ________________ and ________________ areas.

Answer 28

1. Tropical
2. Costal

Question 29

Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, lies about 3,500 km away from the country it belongs to: ________________.

Answer 29

Chile

Question 30

Polynesians have acquired a reputation as great navigators. They explored and settled on plenty of Pacific Islands, the most recent one being finally ________________ by 1200 AD.

Answer 30

New Zealand

Question 31

Among the endemic species of New Zealand, the now extinct ________________ bird, the largest bird to ever walk on earth in recent time (since it was not able to fly).

Answer 31

Mao Bird

Question 32

New Zealand is famous for the diversity of its landscapes: fjords, glaciers, alpine mountains, rainforests, deserts, prairies, active volcanoes, beaches! There are around ________________million sheep in a country about the size of UK.

Answer 32

30 Million

Question 33

Both Australia and New Zealand have indigenous population, the ________________ in Australia and the ________________ in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Australia’s indigenous population has a very dark skin and, outside of Africa, the Aboriginal peoples have occupied the same territory continuously longer than any other human populations. Modern Aboriginal peoples are the direct descendants of migrants who arrived at least 50,000 years ago. Mount ________________ (Ayers Rock) is the largest monolith (single block of stone) on earth with 348m in height and a 9 km circumference. It is a sacred site for Aborigines.

Answer 33

1. Aborigines
2. Maori
   3.Ulurus