Southeast asia

Question 1

southeast asia lies on the

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ring of fire (heavy volcanic and earthquake activity)

Question 2

southeast asia is primarily what 2 religions?

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islamic and buddhist

Question 3

mainland region of southeast asia is sometimes called

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indochina

Question 4

offshore region of southeast asia is known as

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maritime southeast asia

Question 5

papua new guinea is usually lumped in with

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pacific island nations

Question 6

what 2 places are the richest involving GDP per capita

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singapore (by a lot) and brunei

Question 7

what is the term to describe the influence of india beyond the indian subcontinent

Answer 7

greater india

Question 8

what is the most widely practiced religion in southeast asia today?

Answer 8

islam

Question 9

what country is the most populaous islamic/muslim country

Answer 9

indonesia

Question 10

the strait of malacca is a

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notable choke point

Question 11

what does the dutch east indies make up today?

Answer 11

indonesia

Question 12

what is the name for french colonial holdings in southeast asia

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french indochina

Question 13

do you know what the major islands of southeast asia look like? name from left to right

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sumatra
java
borneo
sulawesi
new guinea

Question 14

what is the most dense populated island?

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Java

Question 15

what was a result of the sumatra-adaman earthquake?

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devastating series of tsunami

Question 16

tsunami do not resemble ocean waves but are more similar to…

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rising tide

Question 17

volcanoes often (but not always) form near

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converging or diverging plates

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volcano that exploded in 1883 that caused global cooling

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krakatoa

Question 19

volcanic eruption that was the largest ever recorded, killing > 75,000

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tambora

Question 20

myanmar is known to have a government known as _______ that is a repressive group of military leaders

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military junta

Question 21

aung san suu kyi

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head of state for myanmar

helped push toward democracy, still in prison for coup/corruption

Question 22

what was the name for myanmar before the military junta changed it?

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burma

Question 23

what is happening (since 2016) in rohingya?

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genocide/ethnic cleansing

Question 24

what theory was vietnam worried about in 1954?

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domino theory

Question 25

what gave the president power to conduct military operations without declaring war in 1964

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gulf of tonkin incident and resolution

Question 26

what took place in the vietnam war that allowed north vietnam to receive substantial aid from both the soviet union and china

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proxy war

Question 27

what type of government controlled thailand?

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military junta until the 1980’s, then constitutional monarchy

Question 28

what city had a peaceful expulsion from malaysia?

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singapore

Question 29

what city has the second highest population density in the world?

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singapore

Question 30

indonesia is the world’s _____ largest country by population

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fourth

Question 31

indonesia has the _____ highest biodiversity in the world

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second

Question 32

biodiversity is high in indonesia since it sits squarely within the …

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intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

caused by direct heating wherever the sun strikes

Question 33

what is the inverse phenomena

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places that are unusually dry and sunny, forms the horse latitudes

Question 34

brunei has extensive ____ and ________

Answer 34

petroleum; natural gas fields