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17 Cards in this Set
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animism
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indigenous belief systems which generally focus worship on nature spirits and ancestors
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Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN)
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a group of 10 of the region's 11 countries to bring a new level of regional cooperation to the area
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Bumiputra
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"sons of the soil" community
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copra
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dried coconut meat
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crony capitalism
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where the President's many friends were granted huge sectors of the economy
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domino theory
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the notion that if Vietnam fell to communists then so would Laos and Cambodia then countries surrounding them would fall to communism as well
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entrepot
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a city where goods are imported stored and then shipped
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Golden Triangle
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the mountainous area of northern Southeast Asia which is the world's second largest producer of opium
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Khmer Rouge
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a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force and political opposition movement
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lingua franca
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common trade language
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primate cities
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single large urban settlements that overshadow all others
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Ramayana
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a Hindu epic that remains a central cultural feature in Muslim Java
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shifted cultivators
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rural migrants who are moved from one area to another through relocation schemes
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Sunda Shelf
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an extension of the continental shelf extending from the mainland through the Java Sea between Java and Borneo
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swidden
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where small plots of several acres of dense tropical forest or brush are periodically cut by hand, then the fallen debris is burned into the soil
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typhoons
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tropical hurricanes that bring heavy rainfall
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transmigration
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government assisting the relocation of people from one region to another with in its national territory
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