Southeast Asia Flashcards
(25 cards)
Insular
An area made entirely up of Islands
Endemic
Specific to a particular place or people
Sultan
Ruler of a Muslim country
Primate City
Country’s main city that is so large and influential that it dominates the rest of the country
Minority
Group of people that is different from the rest of the population
Pacific Rim
Countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, mainly Asian countries
Ecotourism
A type of tourism in which people visit a country to enjoy its natural wonders
Archipelago
Group of islands
Oceania
Islands of central and South Pacific (Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Australasia)
High islands
Type of islands in the Pacific Ocean formed centuries ago by volcanos
Low islands
Type of islands in the Pacific Ocean formed by the buildup of coral
Outback
Remote/uninhabited inland regions of Australia
China
The big country towards the middle of mainland Southeast Asia
North Korea
The North part of the peninsula connected to east China
South Korea
The southern of the peninsula connected to east China
India
The large southwestern country in mainland Southeast Asia
Japan
The islands to the east of the Korean Peninsula
Vietnam
The county that is a long coastal sliver barely connected to China in the southern mainland
Genges River
A trans-boundary river of South Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh
Huang He (Yellow River)
The second longest river in China
Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River
The longest river in Asia
Bay of Bengal
The northeastern part of the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The third-largest of the world’s oceanic divisions
Sea of Japan
The marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula and Russia
