Southeast Asia - Human Overview Flashcards
Who are the rivals of the Thai?
The Khmer.
What is Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat is the world’s largest religious monument. It was built as a Hindu temple for the Khmer Empire. It gradually turned into a Buddhist temple toward the end of the 12th century.
What is Indo-China?
Indo-China is a region between China and Southeast Asia. The people here borrow ideas and things from either region.
What was the past of Burma?
Burma had a very negative colonial experience and they witnessed a lot of fighting.
What is Laos?
Laos is a landlocked Buddhist country.
What is Bruni?
A very small Muslim island. It is very rich in Petroleum dollars.
What is the strait of Mawaka(?)?
A strait that connect Europe and Asia.
What is an Entrepo(?)?
A filter for multiple large powers.
In the jungle of _____, there is an
ancient Cambodian stone city that
you can still visit today.
Angkor Wat.
Because Laos is landlocked behind
the Thai Highlands, it is the _____
country in the region.
Poorest.
Viet Nam has two very different cultural core areas, one in the Red River Delta, and the other in the _____ Delta.
Mekong River.
Unlike many other Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia has a _____ culture and landscape.
Muslim.
Because of its location between India and China, Southeast Asia has often been called ___.
Indo China.
