Deck 10: Southeast Asia

Question 1

Where is Sarawak located?

A) Thailand
B) New Guinea
C) Borneo
D) Cambodia

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Borneo is best described as a(n):

A) island.
B) archipelago.
C) subcontinent.
D) peninsula.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a result of logging companies and oil plantations moving into Borneo in the 1980s?

A) the building of a large dam to harness hydroelectric power
B) the clear-cutting of forests
C) the forced removal of indigenous peoples
D) the pollution of rivers with sediment and pesticides

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The island of Borneo is home to one country: Brunei.

Question 5

Which country is NOT a part of Southeast Asia?

A) Korea
B) Laos
C) Vietnam
D) the Philippines

Question 6

The lowland forests of Sarawak were clear-cut to make room for:

A) hydroelectric plants.
B) palm oil plantations.
C) factories that produce consumer goods.
D) game preserves.

Question 7

Which island is home to three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei?

A) Hokkaido
B) Borneo
C) Sumatra
D) Java

Question 8

The Kalimantan section of Borneo is a part of:

A) Malaysia.
B) Indonesia.
C) the Philippines.
D) Australia.

Question 9

Which activity has been particularly useful in helping the indigenous people of Sarawak stop the expansion of oil companies and the clear-cutting of forests?

A) terrorism
B) sit-ins
C) chaining themselves to trees
D) community-based mapping

Question 10

Which California city became a "sister" city to Sarawak to help its indigenous peoples bolster their claim to the land from which they'd been displaced?

A) San Francisco
B) Los Angeles
C) Berkeley
D) San Diego

Question 11

What island in Southeast Asia is home, in whole or in part, to three countries?

Question 12

Attempts by multinational companies to displace indigenous peoples often also have serious environmental impacts.

Question 13

Which Southeast Asian nation is an archipelago composed of some 17,000 islands?

A) Timor-Leste
B) Indonesia
C) Brunei
D) the Philippines

Question 14

The Borneo Project has been successful in helping indigenous peoples of Sarawak stop leases to logging companies.

Question 15

The climate of Southeast Asia is best described as:

A) Mediterranean.
B) tropical or subtropical.
C) desert.
D) steppe.

Question 16

The project formed in Berkeley, California to aid the Sarawak in recovering their indigenous lands was known as the:

A) Repopulation Project
B) Borneo Project
C) Uma Bawang Project
D) Nativist Project

Question 17

On which island is Brunei located?

A) Hokkaido
B) Borneo
C) Sumatra
D) Java

Question 18

The current government of Burma was democratically elected.

Question 19

The name given to the country of Burma by its military junta is:

A) Maoke.
B) Molucca.
C) Sumatra.
D) Myanmar.

Question 20

All of the following nations are located, in part or in whole, on Borneo EXCEPT:

A) Laos.
B) Brunei.
C) Malaysia.
D) Indonesia.

Question 21

Which of the following landform features does the country of Indonesia occupy?

A) peninsula
B) delta
C) plateau
D) archipelago

Question 22

The result of El Niño in Southeast Asia is usually:

A) earthquakes.
B) volcanic eruptions.
C) drought.
D) flooding.

Question 23

Which river or rivers flow through Vietnam?

A) Ganga
B) Irrawaddy and Salween
C) Black and Red
D) Chao Phraya

Question 24

According to the explanation in the textbook, how do periodic El Niño events help to create drought in Southeast Asia?

A) cooling ocean temperatures
B) warming ocean temperatures
C) lowering air pressure over land
D) lowering air pressure over water

Question 25

The main river of Thailand is the ______.

Question 26

The collision of the Indian-Australian Plate and the Philippine Plate with the Eurasian Plate has contributed what sort of feature to the physical geographies of Indonesia and the Philippines?

A) rift valleys
B) trenches
C) volcanoes
D) coastal escarpments

Question 27

What factor or factors account for the large amount of rainfall that Southeast Asia gets?

A) monsoons
B) the intertropical convergence zone
C) El Niño
D) monsoons and the ITCZ

Question 28

The phenomenon that interrupts normal patterns of rainfall in Southeast Asia every 2 to 7 years is:

A) La Niña.
B) El Niño.
C) the gulf stream.
D) the jet stream.

Question 29

Why have some of the world's most impressive rainforests developed in Southeast Asia?

A) The soil is incredibly fertile.
B) The economy has never involved agriculture, thus preventing the clearing of the rainforests.
C) The decay of detritus allows for the release of minerals that are taken up directly by the trees.
D) There is no accepted biological explanation for this phenomenon.

Question 30

Which plate is NOT responsible for tectonic activity in Southeast Asia?

A) Philippine Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Indian-Australian Plate
D) Arabian Plate

Question 31

The Salween and Irrawaddy Rivers flow through:

A) Burma.
B) Cambodia.
C) Malaysia.
D) Vietnam.

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the climate of Southeast Asia?

A) warm temperatures in the lowlands
B) heavy rain
C) occasional drought
D) low humidity

Question 33

Which of the following theories could best explain the presence of ancient humans and Asian land animals on the islands of Southeast Asia?

A) They crossed from the mainland along temporarily exposed pieces of land that are now submerged in the ocean.
B) They reached and were spread throughout the islands by seaborne traders as they went from one island to the next.
C) During periodic ice ages, glaciers extended from the coastline of the mainland to many of the islands.
D) Until an earthquake destroyed it, Huxley's Line provided a narrow land connection to the islands.

Question 34

Tectonic forces in Southeast Asia are responsible for all of the following, EXCEPT:

A) earthquakes.
B) tsunamis.
C) monsoons.
D) mudslides.

Question 35

Which of the following is located at the very southern tip of the peninsular appendage of mainland Southeast Asia?

A) Hong Kong
B) Kuala Lumpur
C) Manila
D) Singapore

Question 36

The now-submerged shelf of the Eurasian content that allowed ancient people and land animals to travel south to what later became the islands of Southeast Asia is known as:

A) Sundaland.
B) Gondwanaland.
C) Bechuanaland.
D) Indo-Europea.

Question 37

Most of the space in the Southeast Asian region is composed of:

A) arable land.
B) mountains.
C) forests.
D) ocean.

Question 38

A series of large and small islands is called a(n) __________.

Question 39

Which Southeast Asian nation is an archipelago composed of some 7,000 islands?

A) Timor-Leste
B) Indonesia
C) Brunei
D) the Philippines

Question 40

The deadly tsunami of 2004 was triggered by a giant earthquake just north of:

A) Sumatra.
B) the Moluccas.
C) the Philippines.
D) East Timor.

Question 41

The islands of Southeast Asia are particularly wet due to monsoons and ITCZ effects.

Question 42

What event was the cause of the December 2004 tsunami that devastated the region?

Question 43

The volcanoes of the Philippines are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Question 44

Tectonic activity in Southeast Asia ended in the 1970s.

Question 45

During the winter in Southeast Asia, the Eurasian landmass is generally exhaling dry air.

Question 46

How did the first humans and animals reach the islands of Southeast Asia from the mainland?

Question 47

Name a country in Southeast Asia that occupies an archipelago.

Question 48

The Philippines are composed of some 7000 islands.

Question 49

Most of Southeast Asia has a tropical or subtropical climate.

Question 50

Indonesia is composed of some 7000 islands.

Question 51

The now-submerged shelf of the Eurasian content that allowed ancient people and land animals to travel south to what later became the islands of Southeast Asia is known as ____________.

Question 52

Volcanic eruptions are beneficial in the long run because they create new land and enhance the richness of soil.

Question 53

Due to their location at the center of tectonic plates, the island nations of Southeast Asia are not vulnerable to volcanoes and earthquakes.

Question 54

At times, drought occurs in Southeast Asia as what climatic phenomenon results in cooler sea temperatures and severe drought?

Question 55

The term archipelago refers to a long, narrow peninsula such as that shared by Thailand and Malaysia.

Question 56

The wet season in Southeast Asia occurs during the summer months.

Question 57

The soils in Southeast Asia are exceptionally fertile when compared with the soils of other tropical areas.

Question 58

What term describes a group of islands?

Question 59

In Southeast Asia, an El Niño event often causes drought by warming ocean temperatures in the region.

Question 60

What is the name of the continental shelf that was exposed in Southeast Asia during the last ice age?

Question 61

In which country is it estimated that geothermal energy could provide all the country's energy needs?

A) Indonesia
B) Malaysia
C) the Philippines
D) Cambodia

Question 62

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the president of:

A) the Philippines.
B) Cambodia.
C) Indonesia.
D) Laos.

Question 63

The most cost-effective energy option for most of the countries of Southeast Asia is:

A) nuclear energy.
B) geothermal energy.
C) solar energy.
D) wind energy.

Question 64

Which of the following activities has destroyed the largest share of Southeast Asian rain forests?

A) pipeline construction
B) resettlement schemes
C) agriculture and hardwood harvesting
D) legal logging

Question 65

Which of the following is NOT a water-based problem facing Southeast Asia?

A) melting glaciers
B) saltwater intrusions into estuaries and fresh water aquifers
C) coral reef bleaching
D) high levels of waterborne diseases resulting from evaporation

Question 66

Which of the following practices in Southeast Asia is NOT contributing to global climate change?

A) wet rice cultivation
B) fishing activities
C) commercial agriculture
D) deforestation

Question 67

Why are coral reefs essential to healthy biosystems?

A) They provide a filtering mechanism for polluted water.
B) They are important to the survival of marine life/fish.
C) Coral is a rich source of food for humans.
D) Their colors serve to frighten natural predators.

Question 68

The president of Indonesia cracked down on illegal logging by:

A) holding local officials responsible and removing military personnel who have been running illegal logging operations.
B) asking U.S. military personnel to patrol regions of high illegal logging activity.
C) sponsoring a UN resolution to decrease illegal logging.
D) publicly executing those found guilty of illegal logging activities.

Question 69

One of the world's largest contributors to global climate change in the region is:

A) Indonesia.
B) Indochina.
C) the Philippines.
D) Vietnam.

Question 70

Which of the following is NOT among the problems fostered by commercial farming in Southeast Asia?

A) Traditional farmers are displaced.
B) Soil fertility is lost.
C) Labor requirements are high.
D) Groundwater resources are depleted.

Question 71

Which of the following describes the use of Southeast Asia's natural resources?

A) A rich resource base is being rapidly depleted.
B) A rich resource base is being slowly depleted.
C) A poor resource base is being rapidly depleted.
D) A poor resource base is being slowly depleted.

Question 72

The most immediate risk of glacial melting is:

A) flooding.
B) tsunamis.
C) greater occurrence of El Niño.
D) drought.

Question 73

Which pollutant is a result of wet rice cultivation and the fermentation of soil as oxygen supplies are cut off?

A) carbon dioxide
B) methane
C) ammonia
D) particulates

Question 74

Which statement is NOT true of swidden cultivation?

A) It is an ancient method of shifting cultivation.
B) It allows land to naturally restore its fertility and productivity.
C) It helps prevent wildfires during an El Niño period.
D) It can be practiced successfully when population densities are low.

Question 75

The dominant land use in Indonesian Borneo is:

A) tourist resorts.
B) paper factories.
C) palm oil plantations.
D) game preserves.

Question 76

Which statement is NOT true of commercial agricultural efforts in Southeast Asia?

A) It is widely agreed that such efforts are not sustainable.
B) Multinational corporations have taken over and combined small farms once operated by families.
C) Commercial farmers have achieved dramatic increases in crop yields due to green revolution techniques.
D) Commercial farming reduces the need for labor, which causes people to migrate to cities in search of work.

Question 77

Which statement best summarizes the environmental impact of oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia?

A) Their activities are carbon-neutral, making them an excellent source of economic development.
B) The fires created to clear the land for oil palm plantations can smolder underground for years, releasing huge amounts of toxic emissions into the atmosphere.
C) Because palms are grown primarily with green agricultural techniques, the impact of plantations on the atmosphere is negligible.
D) The oil palm plantations of Southeast Asia are the world's largest contributor to global climate change.

Question 78

Which of the following is NOT a major cause of global climate change based in Southeast Asia?

A) Large amounts of carbon dioxide are released due to logging activities and the clearing of forests.
B) Widespread deforestation has led to fewer trees to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
C) Carbon dioxide emissions are created when brush is cleared to make the land compatible with plantation cultivation.
D) The herding practices of the indigenous peoples create large amounts of methane and carbon dioxide.

Question 79

In wet rice cultivation, flooded terraced fields are cultivated with hand-guided plows pulled by:

A) oxen.
B) donkeys.
C) water buffalo.
D) men.

Question 80

All of the following are the effects of deforestation in Southeast Asia, EXCEPT:

A) the loss of habitat for native animal species.
B) higher rates of malaria and schistosomiasis.
C) emissions of greenhouse gases.
D) the loss of living space for indigenous peoples.