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Karinay, Doira, and Pipa are instruments prevalent where?
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in Central and east Asia
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What is a long trumpet with a mouthpiece used in Iranian and Uzbekistan music and is also used as a military signal instrument during the middle ages?
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karinay
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What is a medium sized frame drum with jingles used by Iranian and Balkans muscians?
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Doira
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What is the chinese musical instrument with 4 strings sometimes referred to as the Chinese lute?
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Pipa
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Central and East Asia are comprised of which 10 countries?
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Afghanistan, Azerbajan, Kazaakhastan, Kyrkstan, Mongolia, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and western China involving Tibet and Xinjiang
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After which date was central asia more firmly established on the map of the world?
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9/11
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Why has Central Asia not appeared in mose books on world regional geography?
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it has been poorly integrated into international trade networks
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How many poeple have invaded central asia?
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9
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List the nine groups of epople that have invaded central asia
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cimmerians, Seythians, chinese, Turks arabs, Mongols, russians, europeans and USA
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The border between afghanistan and russia was dtermined by who?
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the british and the russians
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A labor conscription of the Russian armor led to what?
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Kazarks slaughter
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The national Delimination of Soviet Central Asia established whihc four peoples?
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turkmen, uzbek, tajikm and usbek SSR
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Which six countries are apart of the Commonwealth of Independent states?
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azerbaijan, kazachastan, Mongolia, Tajikstan, turkmenistan, and uzbekistan
AKMTTU KAMUTT |
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Whihc country did Armenia invade?
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Azerbaijan
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What is a portion of a country geographically seperated from the main part of the surrounding territory?
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exclave
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What exclave is located between armenia and Iran?
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Naxcivan
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What does USSR stand for?
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union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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What did the USSR want to rebuild?
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new institutions: economic and political system
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The USSR wanted to build new economic and political systems to deal with what?
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the rise of poverty and unemployment and internal conflicts
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What are the three main oil exporters of central asia?
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azerbaijan, kazakastan, and turkmenistan
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What are the three non-oil exporters of central asia?
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kygzstan, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan
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Over 80% of textiles and garments are porduced where in central asia?
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tajikstan and turmenistan
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What are the two forigegn investors in textiles and garments in central asia?
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turkey and korea
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Which country in central asia specializes in iron steel chemicals plastics machinary and transportation equipment?
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kazakstans
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Which country in central asia specilizes in iron and steel chimecals and machinary?
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Azerbaijan
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Per capita income increased from 606 in 1997 to what in 2002?
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889
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What is the total debt of central asia in 2004?
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8 billion
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What five poeple have control over oil and gas in central and east asia?
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russia the us china iran and europe
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Which sea contains 4% of the worlds oil reserves?
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The caspian Sea
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What has the geographic position as a potential transit route for oil and natural gas exports from central asia to the rabian sea
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afghanistan
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In 1995 who estblished pipelines to transport oil and gas through afghanistan?
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Union Oil COmpnay of California
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In 1997 alexander's gas and oil connections meets who in texas?
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3 taliban ministers
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The oil compnay of california wanted to build a pipeline turkmenistan through afghan territory to where?
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Pakistan
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Who blocked the afghan pipeline project until the U.S invasion?
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osama bin laden
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In what two central asian countries is Mandarin the basic language?
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mandarin chinese
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Tibetan is divided int diffrent dialects and is spoken by about how many people?
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1.5 million
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In tibet how many poeple speak chinese?
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2.5 million
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The Potala Palace in Unasa seat who?
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the dalai lama
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What arwe the afghans (Pashtuns) known for?
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strict islamic ideals
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What 5 countries is east asia comprised of?
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china, japan, south korea, north korea, and taiwan
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After WWII how did east Asian economies fare?
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they grew fatster that any other part of the world.
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Who was the main economic and military power in the 1930s?
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japan
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Who was the major economic power in 1950s?
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Japan
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What organic product does Japna produce that is very expensive?
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meat
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Which 4 places are known as the Asian Tigers of Dragons?
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hong kong singapore south korea and taiwan
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What is thailand currency called?
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baht
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In1997 and 1998 who took a major hit?
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Asian tigers; thailanfd
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In 1997 and 1998 when thialands currency devalued, what happened to Indonesia?
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the unemployment grew
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In 1997 and 1998 when thialands currency devalued, what did the IMF do?
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they mandated that the government ends subsidies on food and kerosene
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In 1997 and 1998 when thialands currency devalued, what did the wealthy chinese do?
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they left to singapore b/c there were many killings and attacks on the wealthy
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Who was the head of the chinese COmmunist Party from 1966-1976?
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MAo Zedong
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What dd the Chinese communist party cause the nation to do between 1966-1976?
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drift from socialism to captialism
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In the post cultural revolution in 1978 who helped liberalize china's economy and helped oped the door for economic communication with china?
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Deng Xiaping
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What did ronald Reagen and Margeret Thatcher do to help China's economy in the post cultural revolution of 1978?
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they helped reconstruct the economy
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In the post cultural revolution what was "individual entreprenurial"?
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neoliberalism
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What was china open to in the post cultural revolution?
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forigen capital
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During the post cultural revolution a new infrastructure was built, what did this mean for the rural area?
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it was neglected
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Because of the post cultural revolution in china how many migrant workers left the rural areas?
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114 million
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The migration out of rural chinese areas will reach 300 million in what year?
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2020
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Whihc city has 3 million migrant workers?
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shanghai
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Whihc province's economy accounts for 1/2 of chinas GDP?
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Guangdong
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What is the total amount of market value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year?
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GDP
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Which Chineses cities factories porsue more than half of the worlds socks?
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datang
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East Asia has over how many people. And these pople acocunt for more than what percent of the world population?
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1.5 billion; 25 %
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How many poeple live in china?
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1.3 billion
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The western part of east asia is mostly what religion?
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muslim
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Northeastern and Southeastern Asia (MOngolia and tibet) are maninly what religion?
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Tibetan Buddhism
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Mongolians form a group of dilects spoken by how many people?
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5 million
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Which country is mongolia most related to?
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china
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99% of the people that live in Japan are what?
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Japanese
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The Japanese aredescendants of what peoples?
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Korean migrants
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The abroginal Ainu poeple of Japan were forced where?
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N to hokkaido
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What began as the animistic worship of nature and spirit?
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shinto
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What is the doctrine that the soul is the principle of life and health?
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animism
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North and South Korea trace its orgins to the early people of what two places?
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northern china to central asia
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Who does north and south korea maintain a common identity despite foreign rule and todays division?
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northern china to central asia
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What are the majority of the poeple in china?
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the han poeple
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what is the common language in china?
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mandarin
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Where do the non-han poeple of china reside?
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remote upland areas
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Whoo is siddhartha Gautama of 400 BCE?
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a buddha prince
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WHich religion has 365 million followers?
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Buddhism
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Whihc religion has 6% of the world flollowing it?
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Buddhism
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Whihc religon has 6 million followers in the world?
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Confucinism
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In what country were chinese nationalists defeateed by the communists in 1949?
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Taiwan
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What language is spoken in Taiwan?
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mandarin
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Is taiwan considred and island or a part of the mainland?
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taiwan
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South asia is comprised of what seven coutries?
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bangladash, Bhutan, India, MAldives, Nepal, Pkistan, Sri Lanka
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The indus vally ivilization flourished more than 4,000 years ago in what present day country?
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Pakistan
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In 800 BCE what emerged in the middle Ganges valley?
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a new soicety
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What three things spread throught out the lowalands of south asia?
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social religion and intellectual norms
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What is a blend of mysticism and sky god islam?
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Hinduism
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In the 1300s most of south asia was under what power?
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muslim
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Before Europeans arrival what empire controlled the northern part of south asia?
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mughal empire
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WHo are the Vijayangara and what did they rule?
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they are a hindu kingdom that ruled southern india
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WHo opened the maritime route to india?
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vasco de gama
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the western coast of india was colonized by who in 1497-1498?
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the portugese
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WHo estblishes rule after the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
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british east indian compnay
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Punjab is the land of how many rivers?
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five
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Punjab was divided between what two asia countries in 1947?
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indian and pakistan
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What two poeple fled from pakistan during the parittion of Punjab?
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Hindus and Sikhs
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In The great calcutta Massacre of 1946 many massacres took place where?
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aboard trains
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Jawoharial Nehru was the first president fof which country?
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India
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Ghandi and Nehru were trying to bring what to india?
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independance
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The struggle for independance and the partiotion of India leads to 2 pakistans known as what?
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west pakistan and east pakistan
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In 1971 east pakistan became what?
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Bangladash
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In 1948 Sri Lanka gained independence from what?
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Britain
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Where are over 300 million malnourished people?
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India
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In post independance South asia what was created?
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new economy
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5% of india's population speak what?
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English
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Agricultural cultivation techniques based on hybrid crop strains and the heavey use of fertiklizers and chemical pesticides is apart of what?
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the green revolution
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What place was the first to be industralized and has long been known as a place of merchants and overseas trades?
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Gujara
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Gujara and Maharastra are known as what type of powers?
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industrial and financial powers b/c of agricultural productivity
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What is the financial and media capital of India?
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Mumbai Bomabay
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Which city carries 25 % of India's foriegn trade?
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Mumbai Bombay
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In 1991 India began to liberalize what?
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it economy
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In 2050 India's economy could be larger than what country?
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the U.S.
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Remittances in India have risen from 2 billion in 1990-1991 to ___ billion in 2006-2007
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28
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What is the Silicon Valley of India?
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bangalaore
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Ram Krishna Balinga is the father of what?
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electronic city
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What will surpass east asia as the most populous world region?
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south asia
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Which country is second to china in population?
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india
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What is the population of india?
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1 billion
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Whihc country has 159 million poeple living in it?
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Pakistan
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Which country has 141 million poeple?
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Bangladash
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Prefernce is given to which gender in china?
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male
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Fertility rate dropeed from 6 to what in the 1950s?
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3.1
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What country has the highest settlement sdensities in the world?
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Bangldash
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Bangladash is mostly what religion?
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muslim
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Blangladash has the area of wisconsion and packed into roughly the same population as what country?
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the US
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Bangladash's fertility rate of 6 dropped to what?
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3.3
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There has ben an overwhelming migration of poeple from what type of area to what type of area?
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rural to urban
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What is the least urbanized area of the world?
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south asia
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Less than 30% of South Asias population lives where?
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in the cities
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Ganges and indus river valley, he coastal plains of india the deccan platueau and the highlands of the far north and the arid lands of the northwest are home to what?
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large rural areas
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Bangladash, Indian states of Bihar, Rajastan, and northern portion of India's Andhra Pradesh is what zone?
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the zone of intesive out migration
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These poeple have tradiotnally settled in the mountain areas of the mountain valleys along the indian borders
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Nepalese
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What is SOuth Asia scorcing desert?
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Thar desert
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The 7th largest dessert located in south asia is known as the?
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Thar desert
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What region of asia is one of the wettest places on earth?
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south asia
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what forms whenever rivers encounter standing bodies of water such as lakes?
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deltas
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What in south asia has resulted from early industialization and manufacturing?
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air polution
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what cause seasonal flooding?
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cyclones
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Drenching monsoon rains have caused?
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land erosion
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in 1998 22 million bpeople were made homeless and 3,00 were killed due to monsoons in what country?
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bangladash
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Due to population groth in bangladash more poeple are being forced to move where?
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the swamps
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What is a main crop in bangladash?
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rice
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Why are the forests being cleared in blngladash?
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construction and industrial expansion
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Wha did agriculture cause thousands of years ago in bangladash?
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deforstaion
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What is a tabla
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a small pair of drums
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Both of whihc are drums. Is the dayan for the right and bayan for the left or vice versa?
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dayan - rihgt
bayan - left |
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What is a ghatam?
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a large clay pot
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What is one of the most popular stringed instruments of north india and is made from teak wood and seasonal gourds?
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sitar
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What instrument is originally from afghanistan , was developed during the 19th century and has a small wooden body covered with a skin and a fingerbord covered with steel?
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saroid
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Southeast Asia is comprised of what eleven countries?
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burma (Myanmar), Brunel, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and timor
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What five countires make up the mainland of southeast asia?
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burma, thailand, laos, cambodia, and vietnam
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What six countries make up the insular or island coutries of southeast asia
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indonesia phillpines malaysia brunei singapore and east timor
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What country includes the tip of the mainland and northern part of the island of borneo?
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malaysia
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Truman, Eisenhower, nixon, bush, and rostow are responsible for what at southeast asia?
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the architects of southeast asia
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Kingdoms, colonial powers, and independent nation-states did what for southeast asia?
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set of territorties
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What is conceived as either an eastern extension of india or as a tropical appendage of the asian mainland?
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southeast asia
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The present day boundaries of what region of asia was creted by european imperial rivalries in the 19th century?
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southeast asia
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What arw the four western colonial powers?
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the usa britain france and the netherlands
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Vietnam was created by which two countries?
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france and the usa
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In 1858 vietnam, cambodia, and laoswere colonized by what european country?
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france
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Ho chin min city was formly known as?
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Saigon
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All the colonized areas were known as?
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cho chin china
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Most of the worlds natural what is produced in MAlaysia, indonesia, and thailand?
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rubber
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How is most rubber made today?
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synthetically from petroleum
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lowalnd basins devoted to intensive clutivation of what?
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rice
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The irrawday in burma, the chao praya in thailand, the mekon in vietnam, and cambodia are a focus of what?
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commercial rice
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What country is the leading producer tea?
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Indonesia
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What two countries have long been producers of sugar cane coconut and copra?
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th phillpines and part of indonesia
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The phillpines and thailand have recently started producing what?
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pineapple
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Malaysia domintaes the production of what crop?
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palm oil
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What country is the second largest producer of coffee?
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Vietnam
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Which country has vast petroleum reserves in the sea?
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east Timor
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In 1989 under Indonesian a treaty was signed between Indonesia and australia known as the
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Timor Gap Treaty
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East timor petroleum is shared equally between what two coutries?
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autralia and Indonesia
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When Timor gained independence in 200 what became an issue?
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petrleum profits
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The rand ek is a percussion instrument very important in what coutires muscial ensemble?
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thai
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The _____ is made of bamboo and looks like the mulai of india
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khlui
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Jakhai name comes from one animal because of the resemblance it has.
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a crocodile
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Khawag Wong Yai is a circle of what type of musical instrument?
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gongs
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Hinduism is still strong in what two indonesian islands?
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Bali and Lombok
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Burma thailand cambodia and southern bietnam and malaysia and western indonesia is where what immigrants established hindu kingdoms 2,000 years ago
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indian
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Over a thousand years ago in 1650 what religion replaced Hinduism and buddhism in Malaysia and Indonesia?
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Islam
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Whihch country has the worl'd most musilms with 87% of the nations 218 million people being muslim?
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Indonesia
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Where did Austronesia languages orignate?
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taiwan
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What type of languages are spoken from madagascar to the eastern island in th eastern pacific?
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Austronesia
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More than fifty languages are spoken in what country?
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indonesia
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What languages is native to the malay peninsula eastern sumatra and coastal borneo?
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malay
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Burma's national language ios closely related to what?
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Tibetan
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What language seems to have originated in china and is spojen in thailand, laos, uplands of northern vietnam, burma's shan plateau and southern china?
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tai-kadai
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Vietnamese and khmer are spoken in what country?
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cambodia
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WHat languages covers burma, thailandm laos, cambodia, and vietnam?
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mon-khmer
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Lontong, a dish served with cube rice, long bean, cabbage, red chili, eggplant, potato and bean curd in light curry gravy is popular in what two countries?
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indonesia and malaysia
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Banda Aeeh's Grand mosque was built are ound what century?
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12th century
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In bali, the Besakih temple or pura besakih-mother's temple is what?
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the holiest and largest temple
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Conica l straw hats are used primarily as what?
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protection from the sun and rain
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