Southeast Asia Flashcards
What is largest country in Southeast Asia?
Indonesia
What is the smallest country in Southeast Asia
Singapore
What is a strait?
A strait is a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is the “domino effect”?
The domino effect is the idea that if one country in a region is taken
over by communists, the same thing will happen to the other countries there.
Describe the Shwe Dagon Pagoda:
A “pagoda” is a type of building. The Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Burma (Myanmar) is
made of brick and concrete; the outside is covered in gold; parts of it contain
diamonds and precious gems; and there are carvings around its base
What is the term “protectorate”?
A protectorate is a country that maintains control of its own domestic polocies,
but it depends on another country to direct its foreign affairs.
How did Aung San Suu Kyi help Burma?
She became a leader in the nonviolent struggle for a democratic government.
the freedoms that all people should have.
HUMAN RIGHTS
the leader of a muslim country.
SULTAN
