Southeast Asia

Question 1

How many mainland peninsular countries are there

Answer 1

7 ; Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, singapore

Question 2

How many Insular countries are there?

Answer 2

4; Malaysia East, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Phillipines

Question 3

What is a compact state? Ex in the region?

Answer 3

A country with near round/rectangular shape ; Cambodia

Question 4

What is a protruded state?

Answer 4

A country which has a compact territory with an extended peninsular corridor ; Thailand

Question 5

What is a perforated state?

Answer 5

A country that completely surrounds another country ; South Africa & Lesotho

Question 6

What is an elongated state?

Answer 6

A country whose territorial length is much greater than its width ; Vietnam

Question 7

What is a fragmented state?

Answer 7

A country with two or more territorial units separated by for territory or substantial bodies of water ; Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei

Question 8

How is Southeast Asia similar to Middle America?

Answer 8

tropics, fractured regions of islands, experience natural disastors, and within the Pacific ring of fire zone

Question 9

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

Answer 9

active and dormant volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis

Question 10

Where is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

Answer 10

West coast of North & Middle America as well as the East Coast of Asia, including New Zealand

Question 11

When was the largest Tsunami in SE Asia? how many people died?

Answer 11

Dec 26, 2004 ; 300,00

Question 12

What is the climate like?

Answer 12

Always hot, cooler in the north and mountains, seasonal monsoon, rainforest/savana vegetation. orangatans and dragons

Question 13

What are the major cash crops?

Answer 13

Rice, sugarcane, coconut, palm oil, rubber plantations, and spices

Question 14

Which countries are Buddhist?

Answer 14

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore

Question 15

Which countries are Christian?

Answer 15

Philippines

Question 16

Which countries are Hindu?

Answer 16

Island of Bali in Indonesia

Question 17

Which countries are Islamic?

Answer 17

Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia

Question 18

Which countries were colonized by the British?

Answer 18

Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei

Question 19

Which countries were colonized by the French?

Answer 19

Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam

Question 20

Which countries were not colonized?

Answer 20

Thailand

Question 21

Which countries were colonized by the Dutch?

Answer 21

Indonesia - controlled spice trade

Question 22

Which countries were colonized by the Spanish?

Answer 22

Philippines back to 1571, but lost possession to the US in 1898

Question 23

Which countries were colonized by the Portuguese?

Answer 23

East Timor

Question 24

When did Vietnam become independant

Answer 24

1954

Question 25

When did Vietnam unite?

Answer 25

1976

Question 26

What were Vietnam's increasing agricultural production?

Answer 26

coffee, rice, cotton, rubber, tea, and spices

Question 27

What is the capital of Cambodia?

Answer 27

Phnom Penh

Question 28

Which religion is enshrined in the Cambodian constitution?

Answer 28

Buddhism

Question 29

What was the name of the Brutal Cambodian regime from 1975-1979?

Answer 29

Khmer Rouge

Question 30

What does Cambodia's economy look like?

Answer 30

Garment manufactoring, exported $8.9 billion in 2021

Question 31

Which country is both Communist and landlocked?

Answer 31

Laos

Question 32

What does Laos' economy look like?

Answer 32

arable land used for opium and rice... no industry and no infrastructure/economy

Question 33

What are the characteristics of Thailand?

Answer 33

Heart of the mainland, slender peninsula with Myanmar, highest literacy rates

Question 34

What does Thailand's economy look like?

Answer 34

Most prosperous, Once aisan tiger, high life expectancy

Question 35

When did Burma become Myanmar?

Answer 35

1989

Question 36

When did Myanmar transition from democratic to repressive

Answer 36

1962-2011

Question 37

What does Myanmar's economy look like?

Answer 37

Among the world's poorest and corrupt, but they are rich in resources untapped

Question 38

What are Myanmar's natural resources?

Answer 38

7080% Teak trees, natural gas, Tin, opium

Question 39

How many states are in the federation of Malaysia?

Answer 39

13

Question 40

What are the characteristics of West Malaysia?

Answer 40

Most dominant, 11 states, 75% population, capital... used to have world's tallest building

Question 41

What are the characteristics of East Malaysia?

Answer 41

60% terriroty, 20% population, majority Islamic

Question 42

Where is Brunei located?

Answer 42

Island of Borneo

Question 43

Who governs Brunei?

Answer 43

a Sultan

Question 44

What is the capital city of Brunei?

Answer 44

Bandar Seri Begawan

Question 45

Which country was Singapore previously part of?

Answer 45

Malaysia until 1963

Question 46

What is the greatest ethnic group in Singapore?

Answer 46

Chinese 75%

Question 47

What are the official languages of Singapore?

Answer 47

English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil

Question 48

What are the characteristics of Singapore's economy?

Answer 48

Busiest free ports, clean and wealthy country, low taxes

Question 49

What is special about Indonesia's land?

Answer 49

Largest archipelago nation with more than 18,000 islands that stretches more than 3000 miles

Question 50

where does most of Indonesia's population live?

Answer 50

60% on Java

Question 51

What are the major Islands of Indonesia?

Answer 51

SUmatra, Java, and Borneo

Question 52

What are the three groups of the Philippine Islands?

Answer 52

Luzon, Visayan, and Mindanao

Question 53

Who was the dictator who ruled under US backing?

Answer 53

Ferdinand Marcos

Question 54

Where do the workers of the Philippines go?

Answer 54

Hong Kong, North America, Gulf States, and Europe

Question 55

What are the three aspects of the Philippine Plantation economy?

Answer 55

Sugarcane, coconut, and rice