Deck 6: Southeast Asia

Question 1

In 1967 Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines established

A) NATO
B) The UN
C) ASEAN
D) WHO

Answer 1

ASEAN

Question 2

In the 800s and the 1200s Cambodia was the center of which empire?

A) Lao
B) Chinese
C) Khmer
D) Roman

Answer 2

Khmer

Question 3

Monks from ___________ brought Buddhism to Burma (Myanmar).

A) India
B) China
C) Japan
D) Sri Lanka

Answer 3

Sri Lanka

Question 4

The valley of the ________ River was the center of a Vietnamese kingdom by the first century B. C.

A) Red
B) Mekong
C) Chao Phraya
D) Irrawaddy

Question 5

The dominant religion in Indonesia and Malaysia is

A) Islam
B) Christianity
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism

Question 6

The only dominantly Christian country in Southeast Asia is

A) The Philippines
B) Vietnam
C) Laos
D) Thailand

Question 7

The colonial ruler of Indonesia was

A) Britain
B) Spain
C) The Netherlands
D) Portugal

Question 8

The British brought workers from __________ to work in Malaya's tin mines.

A) India
B) Japan
C) China
D) England

Question 9

While Burma was a British colony, it received a large number of migrants from

A) India
B) China
C) Sri Lanka
D) England

Question 10

The city-state of _________________ left Malaysia in 1965 to form an independent country.

A) Singapore
B) Brunei
C) Kuala Lumpur
D) Hanoi

Question 11

The war between North and South Vietnam ended in ________, leading to the unification of the two countries as Vietnam.

A) 1954
B) 1965
C) 1970
D) 1975

Question 12

Which of the following countries is not one of those through which the Mekong River flows?

A) Thailand
B) Vietnam
C) Laos
D) Malaysia

Question 13

Life close to plate boundaries involves the hazards of

A) Drought and floods
B) Dust storms
C) Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
D) Blizzards

Question 14

Particularly subject to pirate attacks is

A) the Tasman Sea
B) the Serasun Strait
C) the Sulu Sea
D) the Strait of Malacca

Question 15

Economic development in the former Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) has been slowed by

A) Military and Communist governments
B) Warfare
C) Lack of resources
D) Military and Communist governments and Warfare

Question 16

In 2002, after years of Portuguese and then Indonesian occupation, _________ became independent with UN help.

A) Irian Jaya
B) Papua New Guinea
C) East Timor
D) The Moluccas

Question 17

The Southeast Asian country that was ruled by the United States from 1898 to 1946 is

A) Vietnam
B) Cambodia
C) The Philippines
D) Malaysia

Question 18

The oil-rich Southeast Asian country that is ruled by a Muslim sultan is

A) Indonesia
B) Brunei
C) Singapore
D) Laos

Question 19

Chinese make up about _______ percent of Southeast Asia's population.

A) 15
B) 12
C) 10
D) 7

Question 20

The central heart of Thailand is the valley of which river?

A) Irrawaddy
B) Salween
C) Chao Phraya
D) Mekong

Question 21

The Khmer Rouge killed almost 2 million people in

A) Vietnam
B) Laos
C) Cambodia
D) Myanmar

Question 22

After the unification of Vietnam under the Communist North Vietnam government, refugees known as "boat people" were primarily of which ethnic group?

A) Chinese
B) Malay
C) Karen
D) Shan

Question 23

The economic crisis in Southeast Asia in the late 1990s was precipitated by

A) overlending by banks
B) a famine
C) HIV/AIDS
D) A typhoon

Question 24

Sumatera is one of the islands that make up this country

A) The Philippines
B) Malaysia
C) Indonesia
D) Australia

Question 25

The Southeast Asian country that was under Pol Pot in the 1970's is

A) Laos
B) Vietnam
C) Thailand
D) Cambodia

Question 26

The "Golden Triangle", where several countries meet is a major source of opium and amphetamine production. All of the countries below meet in this area except:

A) China
B) Thailand
C) Malaysia
D) Laos

Question 27

This Southeast Asian country still produces a large proportion of the world's rubber crop

A) Indonesia
B) Philippines
C) Malaysia
D) Thailand

Question 28

The Malay Peninsula is shared by these two countries

A) Malaysia and Indonesia
B) Indonesia and Thailand
C) Myanmar and Indonesia
D) Malaysia and Thailand

Question 29

In most Southeast Asian countries, population and economic functions are concentrated in one primate city.

Question 30

Indonesia's main period of economic growth was under President Sukarno.

Question 31

Ethnic Chinese communities are significant in all Southeast Asian countries.

Question 32

The chief beneficiaries of the Green Revolution were poor farmers.

Question 33

Environmental problems stem from attempts to establish European farming and tropical plantation crops in the new lands.

Question 34

The citizens of Brunei do not pay any taxes.

Question 35

Population change in Southeast Asia is increasingly affected by HIV/AIDS.

Question 36

"Cultural fault lines" are local features that effect the people, governments, and economies, of the region in different ways.

Question 37

The most westernized country in Southeast Asia is Thailand.

Question 38

Ecotourism is on the rise in this part of the world because of the beautiful natural landscapes found here.

Question 39

The government-imposed policy of encouraging domestically produced goods and discouraging imports is called __________________.

Question 40

The only country of Southeast Asia that did not become a European colony was_________________.

Question 41

Myanmar was formerly called _________________________.

Question 42

The monsoon forests, from Myanmar to Indochina and the Philippines, have extensive areas of forest dominated by ___________________.

Question 43

The ____________________________ was the Dutch trading headquarters in what is now known as Jakarta.

Question 44

There are two subregions that arise from the interactions of natural environments and cultural and economic histories of the area - they are Mainland Southeast Asia and____________________.

Question 45

The term applied to the rapid increase in crop yields as a result of new high yielding varieties of rice with the use of fertilizer, pesticides, mechanization and irrigation is known as_____________________________.

Question 46

In the 1990's, Vietnam became a major exporter of ___________________ rivaling Brazil.