South East Asia Review

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Where Southeast Asia's river's originate

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-Island rivers originate in various directions

-mainland rivers originate in northern highlands of Southeast Asia and Southern China

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Mekong River Location

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Beginning it's 2,600mile course in China, it forms a border between Thailand and Laos

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Description of Southeast Asia's landscape

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- A lot of islands

- mountains and volcanoes

- water systems

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Annam Cordillera location

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Separates Vietnam from Laos and Cambodia

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Number of islands of Indonesia

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over 17,000

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Singapore's vegetation

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-Barely and natural, endemic species.

-80% of trees and shrubs are imported

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Largest island country in Southeast Asia

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Indonesia

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Countries on the Indochina peninsula

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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar

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Why has there been mismanagement of resources in Myanmar

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decades of military rule and government control of key industries have led to mismanagement of sources

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Endemic Species

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Those native to the particular area.

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Which country is both part of mainland and an island?

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Malaysia

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Which countries are island countries?

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Philippines and Indonesia

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Only country without a coastline

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Laos

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Cordilleras

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parallel chains/ranges of mountains

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Archipelago

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a chain of islands

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Insular

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Constituting an island

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Flora

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plant life in a region

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Fauna

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animal life in a region

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Why English, Chinese, and French spoken in Vietnam?

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Because they colonized there

English because of the war

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Khmer Rouge took over what country?

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Cambodia

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How early cultures developed?

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Though trade

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Who gained control of the Philippines in 1898?

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The United States

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Source of conflict in East Timor

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Genocide (Christianity vs. Islam)

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Source of conflict in Vietnam

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communism

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Srivijaya empire developed what?

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trade routes, used navy to control straits and gained wealth by taxing ships

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Angkor Wat was built by?

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The khmers

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Government of Indonesia, Philippines, and Singapore

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Democracy

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What ethnicity in Myanmar?

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Burmese

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Countries with the highest and lowest population densities

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Lowest is Laos

Highest is Vietnam

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result of external migration

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skilled workers move away and the educated leave.

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Early civilizations built life around what?

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Waterways or strategic ports

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Maritime

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sea faring empires that grand power through controlling shipping and trade

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Siam as a buffer for who?

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The British and French

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Island country with highest population density

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Singapore

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Largest Muslim population in what country?

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Indonesia

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Borobudur

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Buddhist temple in Java

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Dominant Religion in Southeast Asia

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Islam

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Dominant religion in the Philippines

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Catholic/ Christian

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Country with best healthcare

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Singapore

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Challenges in protecting the environment

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-abandoning conservation areas.

- an outbreak of turmoil for logging and timber companies; causes economic political turmoil

- illegal logging

- green zones and banning

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Volcano that erupted in the Philippines

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Mt. PInatubo

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Examples of cash crops

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rice, cassava, tams, corn, bananas, sugarcane, coffee, palm oil, coconuts, and spices

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What has hurt Vietnam's development?

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Rapid population growth and inadequate transportation has hurt Vietnam's economic development

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Why rice grows well

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Because it grows well in warm/wet climates

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Results of being on the Ring of Fire

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plenty of Earthquakes, volcanic, and tectonic activity

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Southeast Asian's are moving where?

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to America

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Leading economic activity

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Agriculture

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Most common transportation

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Water transportation, major water routes

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What killed 225,00people?

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on December 26, 2004 there was an earthquake in the Indian Ocean generated a tsunami that killed the people

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Why flooding a problem in Bangkok?

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It's built on unstable land. Some sections of the city sink as much as 25in a year.

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Sustainable development

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Technological and economic growth that doesn't deplete the human and natural resources of a given area

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Green Zone

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Environmentalist protected areas of the city

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Cyclone

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Storm with heavy winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric pressure

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Typhoon

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a violent tropical storm that forms in the Pacific Ocean usually in the late summer.

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Shifting cultivation

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cleaning forests to plant fields for a few years and then abandoning them.