South East Asia Flashcards

1
Q

How many rabbits were initially introduced to Australia and 50 yrs later, how many?

A

24 and 1 billion

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2
Q

This group of people were the first to settle in NZ

and 8 percent of NZ landers can trace their ancestry to this group

A

Maori

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3
Q

First to allow women to vote

A

NZ

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4
Q

State that is organized as a ring of power around a central court

A

Mandala

Precountry

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5
Q

How many languages are spoken throughout the world

A

6,500

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6
Q

How many spoken throughout south east asia

A

1100

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7
Q

How many languages are spoken throughout New ginuea?

A

856

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8
Q

First American soldier killed in Vietnam

A

1956

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9
Q

By the 20th century, when the Europeans controlled all of SE Asia this country stayed independant

A

Siam

Like Siamese twins

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10
Q

In what year did American troops withdraw from Vietnam

A

1973

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11
Q

War ended in

A

1975

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12
Q

What country ruled northern Vietnam for 1000 years

A

China

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13
Q

In SE Asia indochina( Vietnam Cambodia Laos) this country ruled this area until defeated by the Vietnamese

A

France
Battle- den bien phi
1954

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14
Q

How many Cambodians were killed by Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide

A

1/4

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15
Q

This event occurred in 1968
Physiological victory for the North
turning point of the war
Led to more anti war protest

A

TET offensive

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16
Q

May of 1970

Kids killed at kent state

A
Allison Krause
Jeffery miller
Bill Schroeder 
Sandy schurer
13 shot
9 injured
17
Q

What fraction of Australia is desert

A

1/3

18
Q

Who was the first to discover islands of Oceania and Great Barrier Reef

A

James cook

19
Q

How many countries claim territory in Antarctica

A

7
US is not one of them
59 signed the doc
Nobody owns it

20
Q

Agreement laid out by the UN to reduce greenhouse emmisions

A

Kyoto protocall

US didn’t sign

21
Q

Coral island area in the pacific where they tested nuclear testing

A

Bikini atoll

22
Q

In 1788 what country founded Australia as what

A

British as a penal colony

23
Q

What was the result of the gulf of Tonkin

A

1964 gulf of Tonkin which gave permission LBJ to keep SE nations from COMM

24
Q

What year did the aborigines come citizens of Australia

A

1967

25
Q

A massive earthquake off the coast of this Indonesian island
triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 based off the impossible
(2004

A

Sumatra

26
Q

Cambodian temple complex is a great example of how religion has influenced architecture

A

Ankor wat

27
Q

6 miles in circumference

Right is the middle of Australia

A

Ayers Rock

ULURU

28
Q

What year was the TET offensive

A

1968