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1
Q

Match each of the following nations with the meaning of its name, the European nation that colonized it, and/or its former name

Cambodia

A

`Kampuchea

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Match each of the following nations with the meaning of its name, the European nation that colonized it, and/or its former name

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

A

France; Indochina

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Match each of the following nations with the meaning of its name, the European nation that colonized it, and/or its former name

Myanmar

A

Britain; Burma

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Match each of the following nations with the meaning of its name, the European nation that colonized it, and/or its former name

Philippines

A

Spain

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5
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Match each of the following nations with the meaning of its name, the European nation that colonized it, and/or its former name

Singapore

A

city of the lion

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Match each of the following nations with the meaning of its name, the European nation that colonized it, and/or its former name

Thailand

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land of the free; Siam

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never colonized by Europeans

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Thailand

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two regions separated by more than 400 miles (650 km) of sea

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Malaysia

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divided by part of the nation of Malaysia

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Brunei

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economies nearly destroyed by civil wars

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Cambodia; Vietnam

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first Southeast Asian nation to become independent

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Philippines

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`includes a main island and 50 islets

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Singapore

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13
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largest port in Southeast Asia

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`Singapore

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14
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last Southeast nation to become independent

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Brunei

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15
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most densely populated nation in Southeast Asia

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Vietnam

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16
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world’s leading producer of rubber and palm oil

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Malaysia`

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Southeast Asia is ___ diverse and ___ populated, and most of it has a ___ climate

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culturally; densely; tropical

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18
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___ is the leading export of Myanmar

A

Teak

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___ is the leading export of Thailand

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Rice

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Of the nations on the Indochinese Peninsula, only ___ is forested rather than the mountains

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Cambodia

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The Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah are in ___ Malaysia on the island of ____

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East; Borneo

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Agriculture is not important to the economies of ___ and ____

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Singapore; Brunei

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Economy

Brunei

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petroleum and natural gas

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Economy

Cambodia

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rice and rubber

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Economy Laos
Agriculture
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Economy Malaysia
agriculture; industry
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Economy Myanmar
agriculture, forestry, mining
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Economy Singapore
industry
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Economy Thailand
agriculture; industry
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Economy Vietnam
rice
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CAPITAL Brunei
Brunei Town
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CAPITAL Cambodia
Phnom Penh
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CAPITAL Laos
Vientiane
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CAPITAL Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
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CAPITAL Myanmar
Yangtze
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CAPITAL Thailand
Bangkok
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CAPITAL Vietnam
Hanoi
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"Islands Lost in Time"
Solomon Islands
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7,100 islands
Philippines
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Bismarck Archipelago, two northernmost Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea
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Cebu, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan
Philippines
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Efate, Espiritu Santo
Vanuatu
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French Overseas Territory
New Caledonia
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Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix Islands, Kiritimati
Kiribati
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
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Kalimantan, Sumatra, Irian Jaya, Sulawesi, Java, Bali
Indonesia
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largest population in Southeast Asia
Indonesia
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most volcanic nation on Earth
Indonesia
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Ratak and Ralik island chains
Marshall Islands
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Viti Levu
Fiji
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world's largest producer of coconuts
Philippines
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____ is the most important and most densely populated island in Indonesia, but ____ is the richest and is the sixth-largest island on Earth
Java; Sumatra;
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In the Philippines, a ____ is a small city in a rural area
barrio
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____ is the skeletons of millions of tiny animals called ____
Coral; coral polyps
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A _____ is a ring of coral islands and islets surrounding a lgoon
coral atoll
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A ____ reef is a large, raised area of coral
platform
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A ____ reef is a formation off the coast of a large landmass
barrier
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The collective name for the islands of the Pacific is _____
Oceania
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MATCH THESE ITEMS many islands
Polynesia
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MATCH THESE ITEMS black islands
Melanesia
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MATCH THESE ITEMS little island
Micronesia
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Independent nations of Micronesia (5)
- Federated States of Micronesia - Republic of the Marshall Islands - Nauru - Kiribati - Palau
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Independent nations of Micronesia (3)
- Papua New Guinea - Solomon Islands - Vanuatu - Fiji
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CAPITALS Indonesia
Jakarta
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CAPITALS Philippines
Manila
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CAPITALS Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
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CAPITALS Solomon Islands
Honiara
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independent nations of Polynesia (3)
Tonga; Tuvalu; Western Samoa
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9 volcanic islands surrounded by coral reefs
Western Samoa
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2 parallel chains of 169 mostly volcanic islands
Tonga
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130 islands
French Polynesia
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9 islands, most of which are coral atolls or reefs
Tuvalu
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Tahiti
French Polynesia
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a constitutional monarchy
Tonga
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Savaii, Upolu
Western Samoa
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largest foreign territory in Oceania
French Polynesia
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"eight standing together"
Tuvalu
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The ____ are descendants of the first Polynesian people to settle in New Zealand, but today descendants of Europeans, called ____, far outnumber them
Maori; pakeha
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Most Zealanders live on ____ Island, which is not as rugged as ___ Island
North; South
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Its ____ exports form the basis of New Zealand's economy, and it exports more ___ products than any other nation
agriculture; dairy
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____ exports more wool than any other nation and ______ is second
Australia; New Zealand
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Australia is the _____ nation and, and, compared with other continents, it is the ____, has the ____ topography, and, except for Antactica, has the ____ climate
sixth-largest; smallest; flattest; drier
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three low regions with elevations less than 1,000 feet
Great Artesian Basin
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arid region of deserts and semideserts
Western Plateau
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region of plateaus
Eastern Highlands
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Mountainous Tasmania is an extension of the ____
Australian Alps
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There are ____ mainland states, one ____ state, and two ____ in Australia
five; island; territories
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Lake ____, the largest "lake" and lowest point in Australia, is a muddy wastelands wasteland covered by a ____ during dry years
Eyre; salt rock
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Ayers Rock is called ____ by the Aborigines, who consider its caves sacred
Uluru
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The first European "settlers" in Australia were ____ living in a penal society
convicts
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_____ forms the basis of Australia's economy, and _____ is the leading industry
Manufacturing; food processing
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Descendants of ____ or ____ Europeans in Australia and New Zealand are primarily Roman Catholic, descendants of the ____ are Protestants
Spanish; Irish; English

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