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South East Asia Unit Flashcards

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1
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Region containing islands of the Pacific

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Oceania

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Country is poor because they’re landlocked

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Laos

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Religion of reincarnation, kindness

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Buddhism

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Only -nesia not in Oceania

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Indonesia

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Tiny, strict, and rich because of trade

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Singapore

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SE Asia’s main climate

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Tropical wet

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SE Asia’s main biome

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Rainforest

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Belief shared by Hindus and Buddhists

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Reincarnation

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Natives of Australia

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Aboriginal

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Torn between dictatorship and democracy (Aung San Sui Kyi; Rohingya)

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Myanmar

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11
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Harsh interior region of Australia

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Outback

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12
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“Land of the free”- not colonized

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Thailand

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13
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-nesia containing Hawaii

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Polynesia

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14
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Chain of islands, ex. Indonesia

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Archipelago

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Genocide committed here in 70s by Pol Pot

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Cambodia

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16
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Former Spanish and US colony; archipelago

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Philippines

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Islands with Marine West Coast climate; Maori natives

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New Zealand

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US fought to stop communism here in 60s and 70s

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Vietnam

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Wall of water caused by underwater earthquakes

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Tsunami

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Stage of development for Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar

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Low income/less developed

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Stage of development of Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand

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High income/more developed(MDC)

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Stage of development for Malaysia and Indonesia

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Middle income/newly industrialized(NIC)

23
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Tiny, crowded, rich, clean, ideal natural port

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Singapore

24
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The economy of this country damaged by sanctions because they jailed Aung San Suu Kyi

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Myanmar

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Main climate type for SE Asia

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Tropical Wet

26
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World’s largest coral reef and the country where its’s located

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Great Barrier Reef and Australia

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Seasonal winds that bring heavy rains

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Monsoons

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Australians live on the SE coast but NOT in this region

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The Outback

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The 3 parts of Oceania

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Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia

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Buddhists seek this in their lives to find happiness, avoid extremes

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Balance/Moderation

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Founder of Buddhism

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Siddartha Gautama

32
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2 things Hinduism and Buddhism have in common

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Karma and Reincarnation

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3 physical elements that cause cultural diversity in SE Asia

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Dense forests, islands, and mountains/volcanoes

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The word Thailand means

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Land of the free(only country in SE not colonized)

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What Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Myanmar have in common

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Former British colonies

36
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Colonial power in Indonesia

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Dutch or Netherlands

37
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Colonial power in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

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The French

38
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Government type in Vietname and Laos

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Communism

39
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This leader killed over a million people in Cambodia with the Khmer Rouge

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Pol Pot

40
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This rainforest ingredient is causing massive deforestation in SE Asia

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Palm Oil

41
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Deadliest natural disaster ever. More than 300,000 died in one day

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Indian ocean Tsunami

42
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Country controlled by US until WWll

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Philippines

43
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Archipelago natio with more than 17,000 islands and country name

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Indonesia

44
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What the economies of Australia, New Zealand, and most of Oceania have in common

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Tourism

45
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SE Asia part of this region, is cause of so many islands

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Ring of Fire

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Ultimate goal of Buddhism

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Nirvana

47
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How Antarctica is governed

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The International Treaty

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