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Southeast Asia: Ch 29 and 30 Flashcards

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1
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Cordilleras

A

Parallel mountain ranges and plateaus

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Archipelagoes

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Group of islands

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3
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Which peninsulas make up Southeast Asia?

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Indochina and Malay

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What is the other name for Malay Archipelago?

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East Indies

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5
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How many mainland countries are there?

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11

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Which countries lie on the Indochina peninsula?

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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar

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What countries share the Malay Peninsula?

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Malaysia and Thailand

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Insular

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Insland

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What are the island countries? (5)

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Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines

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What is the largest island country and how many islands does it have?

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Indonesia; 13,500

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11
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Which country is now fully independent?

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East Timor

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Where does Singapore lie?

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South off the tip of the Malay Peninsula

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13
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What do mountains do?

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Create geographical and political boundaries

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Which cordilleras run north to south?

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Arakan Yoma Range, Bilauktaung Range, and the Annam Cordillera

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Ring of Fire

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Area of volcanic and earthquake activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean

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16
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How many volcanoes stretch across Indonesia?

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327

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Mount Pinatubo

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1991, one of the twentieth centuries most powerful eruptions, north of manila

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What are waterways relied for?

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Transportation, communication, and food

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19
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Mainland rivers include:

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Irrawaddy River, Chao Phraya River, and Red River

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Mekong River

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2,600 miles, from China draining into Vietnam, splits Thailand and Laos

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Flora and Fauna

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Plants and animals

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22
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Malaysia’s major export

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Petroleum

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23
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Which country in the region is part of OPEC?

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Indonesia

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24
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Government control of key industries has led to what?

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The mismanagement of resources and a black market economy

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Tropical wet climate

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Little variation in temperature; mostly wet conditions year-round; 79-188 inches of rain

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Endermic

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Those native to a particular area

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27
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Singapore was once what?

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An island covered by dense rain forest and surrounded by mangrove trees

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Tropical dry climate

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Southward; alternate wet and dry seasons; supports tropical grasslands, scattered trees and some forests; May to September, summer monsoon brings rain; November to April, winter dry season

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29
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Which countries have a humid subtropical climate?

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Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

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30
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Which tectonic plates formed Southeast Asia?

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Eurasian, Philippine, and Indo-Australian

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31
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What happened 2,500 years ago?

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Groups of migrants from western China and eastern Tibet arrived in the region

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32
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Where did the Khmers settle?

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Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand

33
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Where did the Mons move to?

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Thailand and Myanmar in AD 1000s

34
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Where do the Thai people descend from?

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Southwestern China

35
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Who do the Lao people descend from?

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Thai people

36
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What country has the lowest population density?

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Laos

37
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What country has the highest population density?

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Vietnam

38
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Where is population concentrated and why does it attract people?

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In fertile river valleys or on coastal plains; water, fertile land, transportation, and jobs

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Where are people moving to and why?

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Cities; political conflict, better jobs, and education

40
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Primate city

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Serves as a country’s major port, or economic center

41
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What is one effect of migration?

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The loss of skilled and educated workers needed to sustain economic growth

42
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What did European colonial rule result in?

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Struggles for independence and democracy

43
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Early people in Southeast Asia were what?

A

Highly skilled farmers

44
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Maritime

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Seafaring

45
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Funan

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Adopted Hinduism, indian model of a centralized gov under one powerful ruler

46
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Khmer

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Used a complex system of lakes, canals, and irrigation to grow three or four rice crops annually; magnificent architecture; Angkor Wat

47
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What did Europeans do?

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Spread Christianity, set up spheres of influence, acquired land as colonies

48
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Spheres of Influence

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Agreed-upon areas of control

49
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Buffer state

A

Neutral territory

50
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What kingdom was a buffer state?

A

Siam (Thailand>

51
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What did Southeast Asians do after WWII?

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Fought to gain their independence

52
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Martial Law

A

The control and policing of civilians by military rules

53
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When did the Vietnam war end and what was the result?

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1975; unified under a Communist government

54
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When did the Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia?

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1975

55
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Which countries have a high rate of HIV and AIDS?

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Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar

56
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What do the languages mostly stem from?

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Sino-Tebetan and Mon-Khmer

57
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What is the predominant religion?

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Buddhism

58
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What other religion has a great number of people following it (mainly Chinese)?

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Confucianism or Daoism

59
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Wats

A

Temples

60
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Where did the indigenous people of Malaysia settle?

A

Indonesia

61
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What happened in the AD 100s?

A

India introduced Hindu and Buddhist traditions, art forms, and concept of gov that glorified kings

62
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Who also influenced the region?

A

Chinese

63
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What did Arab traders introduce?

A

Islam

64
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Where do people mostly live?

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Coastal plains where there is a supply of food, transportation, and jobs

65
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Which country has the highest population density?

A

Singapore

66
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Urbanization

A

Shift from rural to urban life

67
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Srivijaya controlled when?

A

AD 600 to 1300

68
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What straits did Srivijaya use and how?

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Strait of Malacca and Sunda Strait; used its navy; taxed traders who passed through

69
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When did Islam spread?

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After 1400

70
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Netherlands had what?

A

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

71
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What did the UK control?

A

Singapore and Brunei

72
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What did the US control?

A

Philippines

73
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What did Europeans bring?

A

Infrastructure and changed economic systems

74
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When did East Timor become independent?

A

2002

75
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When did Indonesia move to democracy?

A

1998

76
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Which countries are democratic?

A

Philippines, Singapore, East Timor

77
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Which countries are constitutional monarchies?

A

Malaysia and Brunei

78
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Which country has the largest number of ethnic and linguistic groups? How many?

A

Indonesia; 300 ethnic groups and 250 languages

79
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What is the largest Islam country in the world?

A

Indonesia

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