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Southeast Asia Study
Stack #206423
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | chain of islands |
| Typhoon | tropical storms |
| Khmer Empire | empire in Cambodia; built water systems; Angkor Wat |
| Sailendra Dynasty | dynasty in Indonesia/Java; Boroburdur Temple |
| Srivijava Empire | empire near Strait of Malacca; controlled trade/waterways |
| Ly Dynasty | dynasty in Vietnam; Van Mieu Temple |
| Annexation | adding of territory |
| King Mongkut | King of Siam; resisted imperialism; established trade relations with the West |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | leader of the Filipino Nationalists |
| Communism | government controls the economy; goods, services, income shared equally |
| Containment | foreign policy to stop the spread of communism |
| Domino Theory | theory that if one country falls under communist control nearby countries will also fall |
| 17th Parallel | line on the map that divided Vietnam; north of this latitude was communism, south of it was anti communism |
| Guerilla Warfare | small army, able to move easily, uses surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her territory |
| Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese Nationalist who turned to Communists for help |
| Vietcong | group of communist guerillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against South Vietnam |
| Pol Pot | leader of Khmer Rouge |
| Khmer Rouge | communist rebels; set up communist government under leadership of Pol Pot |
| Killing Fields | sites in Cambodia where people were killed |
| Ferdinand Marcos | president of the Philippines 1965-1986; led authoritarian regime |
| Corazon Aquino | president of the Philippines 1986-1992; widow of Benigno Aquino |
| Aung San | leader of the Burmese Nationalist Party |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | kept under house arrest; Aung San’s daughter |
| Sukarno | president of Indonesia; leader of the Indonesian Independence Movement |
| Suharto | general who seized power for himself |