Deck 10: Southeast Asia

Question 1

By the late 1990s,this country was providing more than half the world's tropical hardwoods.

A)Borneo
B)Burma
C)Thailand
D)Vietnam
E)Malaysia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Where are the Spratly Islands located?

A)between Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea
B)western Indonesia
C)eastern Indonesia
D)between Taiwan and the Philippines in the East China Sea
E)south of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Southeast Asian countries export a large portion of their palm oil production,sending much of it to which areas?

A)United States
B)South America
C)European Union
D)Australia
E)Russia

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Sawah is also known as:

A)wet rice
B)sorghum
C)sweet potato
D)soy bean
E)oil palm

Question 5

The ________ is Southeast Asia's longest waterway.

A)Red River
B)Chao Phraya River
C)Mekong River
D)Irawaddy River
E)none of these

Question 6

In a tropical deciduous forest,the trees drop their leaves in response to:

A)a dry season
B)a wet season
C)a cold season
D)a hot season
E)Trees do not drop their leaves in a tropical deciduous forest.

Question 7

Orographic Precipitation results in uneven rainfall throughout Southeast Asia.What areas receive limited amount of rainfall?

A)Singapore,Malaysia,Brunei
B)Thailand,Burma,Laos
C)Vietnam,Indonesia,Laos
D)Philippines,Malaysia,Singapore
E)Cambodia,Laos,Vietnam

Question 8

The newest energy source to be developed in Southeast Asia are biofuels,especially:

A)coal
B)palm oil
C)natural gas
D)biomass
E)none of these

Question 9

This is a country made up of many island groups.

A)Thailand
B)Burma
C)Indonesia
D)Cambodia
E)Laos

Question 10

What sea or ocean flooded the land bridge from the Southeast Asian islands to mainland Asia?

A)Pacific Ocean
B)South China Sea
C)Java Sea
D)Indian Ocean
E)none of these

Question 11

Indonesia,Malaysia and Brunei export their oil mainly to what country?

A)China
B)Australia
C)Japan
D)New Zealand
E)Vietnam

Question 12

________ is the most important crop in Southeast Asia.

A)Sugar
B)Rice
C)Bananas
D)Coffee
E)none of these

Question 13

Which country is most likely to be associated with tin production?

A)Burma
B)Brunei
C)Philippines
D)Laos
E)Malaysia

Question 14

The major river in Burma is the:

A)Irawaddy
B)Red
C)Chao Phraya
D)Mekong
E)Menam

Question 15

The major river in Thailand is the:

A)Salwen
B)Irawaddy
C)Red
D)Mekong
E)Chao Phraya

Question 16

The major river in Cambodia and southern Vietnam is the:

A)Red
B)Irawaddy
C)Chao Phraya
D)Mekong
E)Menam

Question 17

The deepest deep-sea trench in the world is the:

A)Tonga Trench
B)Philippine Trench
C)Japan Trench
D)Manila Trench
E)Mariana Trench

Question 18

Which country controls the headwaters of the Mekong River?

A)Mongolia
B)Cambodia
C)Laos
D)China
E)Vietnam

Question 19

Typhoons most commonly develop east of the ________ and move eastward into the South China Sea.

A)Malaysia
B)Singapore
C)Vietnam
D)Indonesia
E)Philippines

Question 20

The ITCZ produces a:

A)dry climate
B)Mediterranean
C)monsoon climate
D)cold climate
E)marine west coast climate

Question 21

________ is defined as leaders diverting national resources for their personal gain.

A)Kleptocracy
B)Crony capitalism
C)Theravada
D)Nepotism
E)none of these

Question 22

Who was the first to notice a striking division between species on either side of the deep ocean trench between the islands of Bali and Lombok?

A)Marston
B)Huxley
C)Weber
D)Wallace
E)none of these

Question 23

Burma,Malaysia,and Singapore were colonies of the:

A)Spanish
B)French
C)British
D)Dutch
E)Portuguese

Question 24

All of these plants are native to Southeast Asia,except:

A)coffee
B)oil palm
C)rubber
D)All of these plants are native to Southeast Asia.
E)None of these plants are native to Southeast Asia.

Question 25

This country has had a socialist form of government since a military coup in 1962.

A)Malaysia
B)Indonesia
C)Thailand
D)Burma
E)East Timor

Question 26

The brutal "death march" out of Phnom Penh in 1975-76 that killed at least 2 million people was ordered by this man.

A)Pol Pot
B)Sukarno
C)Deng Xiaoping
D)Ferdinand Marcos
E)Ho Chi Minh

Question 27

Which city became the center of trade with Latin America during Southeast Asia's mercantile period?

A)Goa
B)Bangkok
C)Manila
D)Singapore
E)Batavia

Question 28

Which of the following was a French possession during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

A)Vietnam
B)Laos
C)Cambodia
D)They all were.
E)None of these were French possessions.

Question 29

The Srivijaya state flourished on what is today:

A)Laos
B)Thailand
C)Burma
D)Cambodia
E)Sumatra

Question 30

This island was originally a Portuguese colony,but was added to Indonesia after independence in the 1970s.

A)Bali
B)Timor
C)Celebes
D)Sumatra
E)Borneo

Question 31

The Khmer empire flourished in what is now:

A)Cambodia
B)Sumatra
C)Java
D)Thailand
E)Borneo

Question 32

This country's government policy of Bumiputra explicitly discriminated against ethnic Chinese populations.

A)Indonesia
B)Thailand
C)Burma
D)Malaysia
E)Laos

Question 33

Mound-shaped monuments that hold sacred Buddhist relics are known as:

A)Mangroves
B)Stupas
C)Chao Khao
D)entrepot
E)None of these

Question 34

The "Proton" is the national car of which country?

A)Vietnam
B)Burma
C)Singapore
D)Malaysia
E)Thailand

Question 35

The Khmer Rouge is associated with communist revolutionaries in this country.

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

Question 36

Which of the following was never a European colony?

A)Laos
B)Burma
C)Brunei
D)Singapore
E)Thailand

Question 37

In terms of average income,which of the following is different from the other three?

A)Cambodia
B)Burma
C)Vietnam
D)Singapore
E)Average income is approximately equal in all of these.

Question 38

Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom are associated with which culture?

A)Champa
B)Srivijaya
C)Annam
D)Khmer
E)Irian Jaya

Question 39

Most of what is today Indonesia was a colony of the:

A)French
B)Dutch
C)British
D)Spanish
E)Portuguese

Question 40

Approximately what percentage of Southeast Asia's population lives in cities?

A)50 percent
B)10 percent
C)80 percent
D)25 percent
E)30 percent

Question 41

Timor-Leste is mostly Christian.

Question 42

Mahayana Buddhism is common in:

A)Vietnam
B)Thailand
C)Burma
D)Vietnam,Thailand,and Burma
E)none of these

Question 43

In 2011,Indonesia and Malaysia accounted for almost 80% of crude palm oil production.

Question 44

This country is mostly Buddhist.

A)Thailand
B)Indonesia
C)Malaysia
D)Brunei
E)none of these

Question 45

Vietnam is considered to be one of the "little tigers" of Southeast Asia.

Question 46

Largest in population in Southeast Asia,it is also fourth largest in population in the world.

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

Question 47

The Hindu religion and culture is common in Bali.

Question 48

The average life expectancy in Southeast Asia is 70 years.

Question 49

The population of Southeast Asia is approximately 600 million people.

Question 50

This country is primarily Christian.

A)Philippines
B)Thailand
C)Vietnam
D)Cambodia
E)All of these are mostly Christian.

Question 51

What country promotes two-child families through advertising grassroots leadership training and free distribution of birth-control pills and condoms?

A)Indonesia
B)Thailand
C)Laos
D)Cambodia
E)Malaysia

Question 52

The tropical monsoon climate is characterized by warm temperatures year round with seasonal rainfall.

Question 53

The "Domino Theory" suggests that political unrest in one country can destabilize neighbors and start a chain of events like the fall of a stack of dominoes.

Question 54

A belief system that focuses on the souls and spirits of non-humans objects in the natural world is called:

A)Buddhism
B)Sikhism
C)Animism
D)Hinduism
E)Confucianism

Question 55

Approximately 30 percent of Southeast Asians currently live in cities.

Question 56

One of the goals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was:

A)to form a defensive regional security group against China
B)to reduce the political influence of Great Britain and France
C)to reduce the political interference of both U.S.and Great Britain
D)to facilitate adoption of Communism during the Cold War
E)none of these

Question 57

What is the main illegal product being produced in Southeast Asia's "Golden Triangle"?

A)opium
B)methamphetamine
C)coca
D)Both opium and methamphetamine
E)Both opium and coca

Question 58

Commercial sex workers are most likely to be found in:

A)Singapore
B)Philippines
C)Brunei
D)Indonesia
E)Thailand

Question 59

Most of the people on Singapore are:

A)ethnic Chinese
B)of Portuguese ancestry
C)Muslim
D)Malayan
E)none of these

Question 60

In Indonesia,the concept of pancasila,which means unity in diversity through belief in one God,nationalism,humanitarianism,democracy,and social justice,was used to try to unify the country across myriad islands and cultures.

Question 61

The largest numbers of labor migrants from Southeast Asia work in the Middle East,Hong Kong,and Japan.

Question 62

Cambodia has the highest rate of AIDS/HIV deaths in Southeast Asia.

Question 63

Women are more equal to men in Southeast Asia than in many other regions.

Question 64

In Southeast Asia,ethnic groups are often referred to as "sea gypsies."

Question 65

Malay is commonly used as a lingua franca in Southeast Asia.