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what is significant about SE asias location
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buffer zone between india and china
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which two major external cultures and civilizations have greatly influenced the region
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chinese, european
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what is the significane of the straight of malacca
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maritime trade route convergence
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what is a shatterbelt
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high political/cultural fragmentation, internal/external pressure
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does the realm have a dominant state or core region
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no
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what is significant about SE asias location
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buffer zone between india and china
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which two major external cultures and civilizations have greatly influenced the region
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chinese, european
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what is the significane of the straight of malacca
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maritime trade route convergence
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what is a shatterbelt
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high political/cultural fragmentation, internal/external pressure
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does the realm have a dominant state or core region
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no
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roughly how many people live in the realm?
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510m
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which country has the most people?
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indonesia with 200m
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whichthree countries have 60-80m?
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thailand, philippines, vietnam
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how would you characterize the realm's arithmetic and physiologic densities?
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not particularly high
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In what two types of regions are most of the realm's people concentrated on?
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river basins/deltas in mainland, rich volcanic soil
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Which island has roughly 25% of the realm's total population?
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Java
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SE asia can be divided into which two major regions?
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mainland and islands
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Describe the general characteristics of mainland SE asia's mt. ranges
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fan out southeastward
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arakan
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india, myanmar
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dawna and bilouktan
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myanmar and thailand
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annam
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vietnam
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irrawaddy
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flows through myanmar
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chao phraya
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flows through thailand
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mekong
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flows through thailand, laos, cambodia, vietnam
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red
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flows throgh vietnam
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what are the two main offshore trenches
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philippines and java
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Which country is especially noted for its large number of colcanoes and why does it have to many?
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indonesia, tectonic plates
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what volcano erupted with spectacular force in 1883
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krakotoa
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how would you describe the climate of the realm?
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tropical rainforest and savanna
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would you say the realm is particularly diverse linguistically
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yes bc of colonial influence
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indonesian includes which two other languages
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malay and filipino
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where in the region are hindus located
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malay penninsula and cambodia
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which countries are largely buddhist
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mainland
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which two countries have the largest number of muslims
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indonesia, malysia
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where are there smaller muslim minorities
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southern philippines, western myanmar
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in which country does roman catholicism predominate
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philippines
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colonial dutch
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indonesia
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colonial french
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indochina
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colonial portuguese
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east timor
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colonial british
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malay penninsula, north boreo, burma
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roughly how many chinese live in SE asia
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30 m
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when did most chinese arrive and why
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1870-1949 bc of colonial development
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how would you describe chinese economic role in the realm
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disproportinate
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% chinese in singapore
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78% of 4m
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% chinese in indonesia
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3% of 6m
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% chinese in malaysia
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35% of 8m
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% chinese in thailand
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12% of 7m
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describe the cultural makeup of vietnam's population
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homogeneous with 80% vietnamese/annamese
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which neighbor had been esspecially influential in vietnams history
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china
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in which two river plains or deltas is most of vietnams population
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mekong, red river plain/delta
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how was vietnam divided
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between french and vietminh
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what was vietnam reunited
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1975
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how many people live in cambodia
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12m
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which advanced civilization flourished in cambodia between the 9th and 12th century
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khmer/angkar
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for what archaeological site is cambodia world famous
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kampuchea
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which ethnic group makes up 90% of cambodias pop
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khmer and buddhist
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who seized power in cambodia in 1975
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khmer rouge and pol pot,
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when was the regime outsted and by whom
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1979 by vietnam invasion
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what is the population of laos
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5m
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to whom are the load linguistically tied
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thai
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what about loas's location had put it at a cosiderable disadvantage
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landlocked and mountainous
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how does the living standard of laos compare to other countries in region
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very poor
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how was the us involved w/ secret war in laos
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supply route went through laos
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what is the leading state of mainland southest asia
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thailand
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what are some of the bases for thailands strong national identity?
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200 yr old dynasty, 75% thai, 95% buddhist
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which city dominates thailand
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bangkok
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how has thailand's economy performed compared w/ its mainland niehgbors
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rapid econmic growth
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which SE asian country recieves the most tourists
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thailand
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what is burma also known as
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mynamar
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is burma's naturla resource base rich?
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yes
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why has burma faced serious integration problems?
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2/3 burmese and non-burmese in mts refuse to be controlled
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what has held back burma's development
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corrupt military dictatorship
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roughly how many people live in malaysia
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24m
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describe malaysias geography
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86% in west with 60% land in east, capital in west
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three main ethnic groups in malaysia
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57% malay, 33% chinese, 9% indians
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how prosperous is malaysia?
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3rd highest gnp in realm
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what were three mainstays of malaysias economy
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rubber, tin, timber
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how is malaysias economy changing?
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industrialization and electronics
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how many people live in brunei
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400,000 muslim malays
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what is striking about bruneis per capita gnp?
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one of highest in world bc of oil
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how many people live in sinapore
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4.2 mill on small island citystate
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which ethnic group dominates singapore
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78% chinese, 14% malay
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what are some explainations for sinapores prosperity
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superb location
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what is the realm's largest country both in area and population
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indonesia with 217 m peeople
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what are the main island in the greater sunda
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java, sumatra, kalimantan, sulawesi
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Lesser sunda
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bali, timor
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smaller mts of indonesia
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moluccas
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what % of indonesias live on java
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60%
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what is the name of the policy that resettles people awa from java
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translocation
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why does indonesia have a complicated mixure of ppl
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bc at crossroads between asia and pacific realm
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what are the two main unifying forces in indonesia
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bahasa and islam
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what are some of the resources in which indonesia is rich
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oil, rubber, palm oil, timber, tin, agriculture
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what are the two main islands fo the philippines
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luzon and mindanao
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describe the makeup of the philippine popluation
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beldn of malay w/ some chinese and spanish eleemtns
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what is the official language
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tagalog/filipino
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in what way di the spanish reorient the philippines
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tied economically to americas, 95% christian
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whihc power controlled phillipeans between 1898 and 1946
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US
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