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26 Cards in this Set
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Largest city and capital of Myanmar?
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Yangon (Rangoon)
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A temple complex built by the Khmer?
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Klongs
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A Buddhist temple and monastery?
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Wat
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A river that flows across Southeast Asia? (It is the longest river in Southeast Asia.)
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Mekong River
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A narrow Peninsula that includes a part of Thailand?
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Malay Peninsula
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Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake?
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Tonle Sap
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Capital city of Thailand?
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Bangkok
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This idea that if one country converts to Communism then others follow?
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Domino theory
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Network of canals in Bangkok?
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Klongs
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Tree-dwelling
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Arboreal
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________ is the most industrialized and economically advanced country in region? (Mainland, not Island in Southeast Asia)
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Thailand
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The driest area in the region is the ______ _______ in Thailand.
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Khorat Plateau
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The former name of Thailand is ____.
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Siam
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________ is still recovering from the repressive rule of the Khmer Rouge.
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Cambodia
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Most of the people in Southeast Asia live in rural areas and are ______ farmers.
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Subsistence
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________ was the first religion introduced into the region.
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Hinduism
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The capital of Vietnam is _____.
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Hanoi
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A group called ______ dominated what is now Cambodia starting in 800AD.
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Khmers
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_____ is the only landlocked county in mainland Southeast.
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Laos
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The former colony of French Indochina was eventually split into three countries: _______, ________, and ____.
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Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos.
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________ was the only Southeast Asian country never colonized by Europeans.
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Thailand
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Thailand is the leading producer of
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Rubber
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Which country country has been the most influenced by China?
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Vietnam
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Which of the following is not a way rivers have influenced the region?
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Determined national boundaries.
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What types of climates are found in mainland Southeast Asia?
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Tropical and subtropical.
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What country invaded Cambodia in 1979, thus ending the Khmer Rogue government?
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Vietnam
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