Geo Module 4 Review II

Which Association has brought a new level of regional cooperation to Southeast Asia with a goal of independence and world influence?

These Southeast Asian people rebelled against Burmese government to gain independence but got their territory overrun by the army.

Southeast Asia has great air quality
True False

Name the major rivers of Southeast Asia

What is a shortfall of the Khorat Plateau?

What do Southeast Asian monsoon winds bring?

What are insular environments?

How many islands does Indonesia have?

How many Islands do the Phillipines have?

These are tropical hurricanes that bring heavy rainfall to the northern reaches of insular Asia

These parts of Southeast Asia experience higher temperature and rainfall than the mainland

volcanic soil is highly infertile
True False

Where are there dense populations in Southeast Asia?

This system is dubbed "slash and burn" and is practice in Southeast Asian upland regions

What is the mountainous area of Southeast Asia called?..why?

What type of crops did Southeast Asia support during the Colonial period?

What crops do Southeast Asia support today?

what is copra?

What were the lowlands of mainland Southeast Asia used for?

Why does Laos have the highest feritility rate in Southeast Asia?

Which country has the largest population in Southeast Asia?

This is the relocation of people from one region to another within a national territory

This country has an official policy of transmigration

These are single large urban settlements that overshadow all others

When was the first major South Asian influence brought to Southeast Asia?

When was the second wave of South Asian influence brought to Southeast Asia and what was it?

Indonesia is the world's most populous muslim country
True False

When did Islam come to Southeast Asia and who brought it?

Southeast Asia highly supports and promotes religion
True False

How many major linguistic groups exist in Southeast Asia?

What is a lingua franca?

Which language is the lingua franca for Southeast Asia

What is the national language of Cambodia?

Name four of the major language groups in Southeast Asia

How many geopolitical states makeup ASEAN?

Who were the first to arrive for the colonization of Southeast Asia?

Who was the last colonial influence in Southeast Asia?

Which Southeastern Island was not under colonial rule by the 1900s?

Which country had the largest empire in Southeast Asia by the 1900s?

What did the Geneva Agreement in 1954 do to Vietnam?

What did the U.S. use to justify sending troops to Southeast Asia (mostly Vietnam)

What did the Domino Theory say?

This was a major independence movement in Indonesia

What threatened democracy in Thailand and when?

Which islands in Southeast Asia do many nations lay claim to?

Which organization has helped solve most S.E. Asian border disputes?

What caused living standards to decline in the phillipines in the 80s and 90s?

This type of capitalism warrants that success in business is dependent on close relationships between businessmen and govt. officials

This is a port city where goods are imported, stored, and transshipped

This SE state transformed itself from an entrepot to one of the most modern in the world

Thailand is best known for what type of tourism?

What economic model does Vietnam follow?

Describe the Chinese economic model

Which region has the weakest economy in SE Asia?

Why does Burma have great economic potential?

Outside Singapore workers enjoy "incredibly high" wages

Movements are being made to pressure multinational corporations in Singapore to improve working conditions
True False

SE Asian countries have great university and technical education
True False

Literacy rates are relatively high in SE Asian countries
True False

This is a sweeping collection of islands reaching from New Guinea and New Zealand to Hawaii

Which are the largest countries in Oceana?

This is Autralia's thinly settled, huge, dry interior

These are dubbed "the Dark islands"

These are dubbed "the Many Islands"

These are the "small islands"

What are some environmental risks faced in Oceania?

Which specific exotic animals led to the extinction of some native Oceania species?

How many landform regions does Australia have?

Name Australia's landform regions

What geologically active region does New Zealand lie on?

Describe Australia's climate in terms of center and north

How many species of marsupials inhabit Australia and New Zealand?

Which animal is Aurstralia and New Zealand's only native mammal?

What produced Australia's animal kingdom?

Oceania is in no way "seismically active"
True False

Most Polynesian and Micronesian islands originated from volcanic activity
True False

These are formed from recently geologically active volcanoes that rise to considerable height

This is an active area where moving oceanic crust passes over a supply of magma from Earth's interior, creating a chain of volcanic islands

Thes are low, sandy islands ringed by coral and often oriented around a central lagoon

High islands in Oceania get more moisture than lower islands
True False

70% of New Zealand's population live on North Island
True False

This is the name for ancestors of Australia's native population that made their way into the country 40,000 years ago

When was Eastern Melanesia settled?

Oceanic countries closer to Asia's landmass were settled first
True False

Which Oceania countries were settled 2000 years ago?

When did settlement reach New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island?

Colonization in this Oceanic country began in 1788 with the British Penal Colony

When did U.S. move toward Hawaii?

What is viticulture?

Australia's land is perfect for farming
True False

What is the ratio of Livestock to People in New Zealand?

What are some subsistence crops in rural Oceania?

What are some commercial agricultures in rural Oceania?

Australia and New Zealand have high birthrates
True False

These are an isolated band of hunters and gatherers with 250 languages that live in Australia

What are today's aborigines like?

%70 of Australians have English or Irish roots
True False

What policy did Australia enact in the past favoring European and North American immigration?

This is the dominant culture in New Zealand

Most languages of Oceania are Austronesian
True False

Which Oceanic country may hold the last "uncontacted peoples" on Earth?

Describe Melanesian society

Describe Polynesian society

These are light-skinned American and European foreigners in Oceanic countries who profited from commercial sugarcane plantation and Pacific shipping contracts

This is a largely English vocab that is blended with Melanesian grammer

Why was Pidgin English developed in Oceania?

These states in Oceania retain special political and economic ties with Western countries

This bill compensated Aborigines for already ceded lands, gave them rights to gain title to unclaimed lands still occupied, and entitiles dealings with mining companies on native-settled areas

What does "Aotearoa" mean?

this is the name the Maori call New Zealand by

What is the name for Australia, New Zealand, and U.S. strategic alliance

What stimulated New Zealand economy?

Before 1970, what did New Zealand's economy rely most on

This organization was designed to foster economic development in SE Asia and the Pacific Basin

What is the lifespan average in Australia and New Zealand?