Southeast asia Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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southeast asia lies on the

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ring of fire (heavy volcanic and earthquake activity)

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2
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southeast asia is primarily what 2 religions?

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islamic and buddhist

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3
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mainland region of southeast asia is sometimes called

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indochina

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4
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offshore region of southeast asia is known as

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maritime southeast asia

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5
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papua new guinea is usually lumped in with

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pacific island nations

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6
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what 2 places are the richest involving GDP per capita

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singapore (by a lot) and brunei

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7
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what is the term to describe the influence of india beyond the indian subcontinent

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greater india

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8
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what is the most widely practiced religion in southeast asia today?

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islam

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9
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what country is the most populaous islamic/muslim country

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indonesia

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10
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the strait of malacca is a

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notable choke point

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11
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what does the dutch east indies make up today?

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indonesia

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12
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what is the name for french colonial holdings in southeast asia

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french indochina

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13
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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

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14
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what is the most dense populated island?

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Java

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15
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what was a result of the sumatra-adaman earthquake?

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devastating series of tsunami

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16
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tsunami do not resemble ocean waves but are more similar to…

17
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volcanoes often (but not always) form near

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converging or diverging plates

18
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volcano that exploded in 1883 that caused global cooling

19
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volcanic eruption that was the largest ever recorded, killing > 75,000

20
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myanmar is known to have a government known as _______ that is a repressive group of military leaders

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military junta

21
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aung san suu kyi

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head of state for myanmar

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

22
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what was the name for myanmar before the military junta changed it?

23
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what is happening (since 2016) in rohingya?

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genocide/ethnic cleansing

24
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what theory was vietnam worried about in 1954?

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domino theory

25
what gave the president power to conduct military operations without declaring war in 1964
gulf of tonkin incident and resolution
26
what took place in the vietnam war that allowed north vietnam to receive substantial aid from both the soviet union and china
proxy war
27
what type of government controlled thailand?
military junta until the 1980's, then constitutional monarchy
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what city had a peaceful expulsion from malaysia?
singapore
29
what city has the second highest population density in the world?
singapore
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indonesia is the world's _____ largest country by population
fourth
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indonesia has the _____ highest biodiversity in the world
second
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biodiversity is high in indonesia since it sits squarely within the ...
intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) caused by direct heating wherever the sun strikes
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what is the inverse phenomena
places that are unusually dry and sunny, forms the horse latitudes
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brunei has extensive ____ and ________
petroleum; natural gas fields