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Ch 15 Southeast Asia
Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What country is the Mekong River most important to? | Vietnam |
| Which Southeast Asian country is a constitutional monarchy? | Thailand |
| What is the largest country in Southeast Asia? | Indonesia |
| What is the most widely grown crop in Southeast Asia? | rice |
| What is the most common religion in most of mainland Southeast Asia? | Buddhism |
| What product first attracted European traders to Southeast Asia? | spices |
| What part of Southeast Asia has a tropical rain forest climate? | southern Malay Peninsula and parts of the Philippines and Indonesia |
| What modern-day nation was the Khmer empire centered in? | Cambodia |
| What two cultures have had the greatest impact on Southeast Asia? | India and China |
| How has the physical geography of Southeast Asia changed in the last 40,000 years? | the mainland was once connected to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo |
| What is the name of the Indonesian volcano that erupted in 1883 and caused great loss of life? | Krakatoa |
| What river flows through a valley in Myanmar's center? | Irrawaddy |
| What was the only Southeast Asian nation that was not colonized? | Thailand |
| How do most people in Southeast Asia make a living? | farming |
| Describe most climates in Southeast Asia. | hot and humid |
| What natural disasters are common in Southeast Asia? | earthquakes and volcanoes |
| How are rivers on the mainland different from the rivers on islands? | rivers on islands are shorter, mainland rivers are longer |
| What type of natural disaster hit Indonesia in 2004? | tsunami |
| About one-fourth of the world's trade goes through which waterway? | Strait of Malacca |
| What two natural resources do Indonesia and Malaysia have in common? | oil and natural gas reserves |
| What does "endemic" mean? | found nowhere else in the world |
| How are the Philippines and Cambodia geographically different? | Philippines are islands, and Cambodia is part of the mainland |
| What is communism? | a system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing goods |
| What is a constitutional monarchy? | the ruler of a constitutional monarchy is legally bound by a constitution and government |
| What country has 40% of this region's population? | Indonesia |
| Why did the Srivijaya kingdom control Asia for 600 years? | it was able to control trade because of its location on the Strait of Malacca |
| What problem has been created due to the creation of hydroelectric power along the Mekong River? | it has created problems for the fishing industry |
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