South-East Asia Flashcards
This country has gone back and forth between being called _______ and Burma.
Myanmar
This country’s leaders have been criticized for their restrictions on human rights.
China
This country is also known as the Republic of China.
Taiwan
This country is made up of four main islands and thousands of smaller ones.
Japan
This large country has very little people.
Mongolia
This country is the largest country in the world! (by population)
China
This country is closely allied with the US, which keeps military troops on it to protect it, because this country isn’t allowed to have a large military.
Japan
This country was helped by the United Nations and the US in the Korean War.
South Korea
This country was made by a group of nationalists fleeing China.
Taiwan
This country is much more developed then its neighbor on the northern end of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea
This country has had three dictators since the Korean War.
North Korea
This country is the only country in Southeast Asia that has not been ruled by a European power.
Thailand
This country has been known as the “Texas of Asia.”
Mongolia
This country is called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
North Korea
This country lies on the southern end of the Malay Peninsula and on the island of Borneo.
Malaysia
This country is one of the world’s smallest countries, yet it has one of the most productive economies.
Singapore
This poor country’s industry is undeveloped because of years of isolation and civil war.
Laos
This country is the newest in South Asia, it gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002.
Easte Timor
This country is made up of about 7,000 islands that many are dominated by volcanic mountains. It was ruled by Spain for more than 300 years, and is named after a Spanish King. Name the country and the King.
the Philippines. King Philip 1.
This country has a large tourist industry, partly because it is the home of Angkor Wat.
Cambodia
This country is an archipelago with thousands of islands, the three main ones being Sumatra, Java, and Celebes.
Indonesia
This country is only about the size of Delaware, but it’s large oil and gas reserves are making its economy rich.
Brunei
This country’s largest city isn’t its capital, but Ho Chi Minh City, named after the first communist leader.
Vietnam
