World Geography - Southeast Asia

Front 1

Which of the following Southeast Asian countries does NOT occupy the large mainland peninsula sometimes known as Indochina?

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Indonesia

Front 2

Which of the following landform features does the country of Indonesia occupy?

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Archipelago

Front 3

The collision of the Indian-Australian Plate and the Philippine Plate with the Eurasian Plate has contributed what sort of feature to the physical geographies of Indonesia and the Philippines?

Back 3

Volcanoes

Front 4

Which of the following theories could best explain the presence of ancient humans and Asian land animals on the islands of Southeast Asia?

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They crossed from the mainland along temporarily exposed pieces of land that are now submerged in the ocean

Front 5

What factor(s) account for the large amount of rainfall that Southeast Asia gets?

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A and B

Front 6

According to the explanation in the textbook, how do periodic El Niño events help to create drought in Southeast Asia?

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Cooling ocean temperatures

Front 7

Why have some of the world’s most impressive rainforests developed in Southeast Asia?

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The decay of detritus allows for the release of minerals which are taken up directly by the trees

Front 8

Which is NOT true of the modern indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia?

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These groups brought Islam to Indonesia, which is today the largest Muslim country in the world

Front 9

Countries from all of the following EXCEPT which world region established colonies or quasi-colonies in Southeast Asia?

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Middle and South America

Front 10

Spain linked the Philippines into its colonial trade system through which of its other colonies?

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Mexico

Front 11

Most of what is today the country of Indonesia was controlled by what European power during the colonial era?

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Dutch

Front 12

What Dutch policy resulted in periodic famines in its colony of Indonesia?

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Farmers were coerced into producing export cash crops rather than food for themselves

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Upon establishing its rule over Malaysia, what determination did the British come to concerning the Malay people in order to justify its annexation of the territory?

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They were incapable of governing themselves effectively

Front 14

What European power created its colony of Indochina out of the present-day countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos?

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France

Front 15

How did Thailand manage to maintain its independence during the European colonial era?

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Undertook a large-scale push to modernize itself in the European mold

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In the 1950s, the United States replaced what European colonial power in a war against Vietnamese nationalists?

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France

Front 17

Which of the following characterizes the ideological vision of the Khmer Rouge, who came to power in Cambodia in the mid-1970s?

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Rural Communist society free of European colonial influences

Front 18

Approximately, how many people live in the countries of Southeast Asia?

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550 million

Front 19

Which of the following is the BEST characterization of the pattern of human settlement in Southeast Asia?

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Most people live in patches of very dense rural settlement

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Which of the following reflects the most common migration pattern within Southeast Asia?

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Moving from a rural village to the country’s largest city

Front 21

Despite being much poorer than Singapore, why do Vietnam and Thailand have fertility rates that are almost as low as that city-state?

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Access to education for men and women is good

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Which of the following most accurately explains why growing levels of foreign investment in Vietnam have contributed to falling rates of fertility?

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Employment in jobs created by foreign investment displaces childbearing as the central role in women’s lives

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Which among the following is most likely to contribute to the continued growth of Southeast Asia’s human population?

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One-third of the population has not yet reached their reproductive years.

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Why does Malaysia have an HIV/AIDS problem that is growing faster than that of neighboring Thailand?

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Malaysia’s religious conservatism prevents public discussion of sex, condoms, and other preventive measures

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Approximately what percentage of Southeast Asians live in rural villages?

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60 percent

Front 26

Among the following forms of agriculture, which tends to be the LEAST sustainable over long periods in the physical environment (such as soil type) of Southeast Asia?

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Plantation agriculture

Front 27

Which of the following is NOT among the problems fostered by commercial farming in Southeast Asia?

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Labor requirements are high

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What characteristic is true of between 80 and 90 percent of the labor in most export processing zones (EPZs)?

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They are women

Front 29

Which of the following loomed large among the causes of the economic crisis that afflicted Southeast Asia in 1997?

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Many states relaxed controls over the financial sector

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Which of the following is the most appropriate description of crony capitalism in Southeast Asia?

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Personal and familial connections among politicians, bankers, and entrepreneurs are used to create economic opportunities

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The bailout plan implemented by the IMF in response to the 1997 Southeast Asian financial crisis provided the bulk of millions of dollars to which of the following?

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Banks

Front 32

According to the textbook, why do Southeast Asian countries not trade with each other as much as they do with the rich (“developed”) countries of the world?

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They all export similar products

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What is one of the foreseen benefits of the ASEAN Free Trade Association (AFTA) alliance?

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Tariffs on regional products will be lowered, which will lower costs of production and increase efficiency

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What type of tourism began in Southeast Asia when foreign troops were stationed in the region during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

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Sex-Tourism

Front 35

When the British colonizers took over the Malay peninsula, their primary motivation for doing so was

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To establish their own political prestige

Front 36

For more than two decades people in ___________ have been protesting the rule of oppressive and undemocratic military rule, the leaders of which did not recognize the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi in 1990?

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Burma

Front 37

Which of the the following is (are) characteristic(s) of the so-called "economic miracle" of Southeast Asia?

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Ten to twelve work hours per day seven days a week

Front 38

What strategy have Southeast Asian countries used to meet such various ends as the alleviation of rural unemployment, reduction of urban growth, promotion of food production, and assimilation of ethnic minority groups?

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Human resettlement schemes that encourage migration to low density areas