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Geo Mod 14 #1
Geo Mod 14 #1: Southeast Asia
Question | Answer |
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Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam make up the MAINLAND _______ region | Southeast Asia |
Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and East Asia, and Timor make up ______ Southeast Asia | Insular |
Deforestation is an environmental concern in Southeast Asia for _____ _____ that is used for biodiesel | Palm Oil |
Smoke and air ________ from burning peat bogs and commercial clearing of forest are environmental problems in southeast Asia | Pollution |
Climate change in Southeast Asia is leading to rising sea levels and ______ of both urban and agricultural areas | Flooding |
Climate change in Southeast Asia is causing increased temperature which is negatively impacting _______ | Agriculture |
Southeast Asia has about 600 million people yet it is ________ populated | Sparsely |
Southeast Asia has thousands of _______, many _______, and is threatened by tsunamis and typhoons | Islands; Volcanoes |
Southeast Asia populations are ______ where there are river valleys, deltas, coasts, and fertile volcanic soil | Dense |
Insular Southeast Asia lacks _____ soil and cannot support intensive _______ production of large populations | Fertile; Agriculture |
Southeast Asia agriculture production is dependent on constant field ______ or significant amounts of _______ | Rotation; Fertilizers |
Agriculture practice of shifting and slash and burns is called: | Swidden Agriculture |
Plantation agriculture was introduced during the ________ era | Colonial |
________ cultivation is prominent in mainland Southeast Asia | Rice |
Singapores birth rate is below ______ level | Replacement |
Indonesia's policy of relocating people form high-density to lower-density areas | Transmigration |
Overall, Southeast Asia has a ____ level of urbanization | Low |
Singapore is a City-_____ | State |