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| What are the three main landform regions of Southeast Asia? | Northern mountains, central plans and thousands of islands. |
| What are the four major rivers in Southeast Asia? | The Irrawaddy, Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Hong. |
| What are the two climate regions in Southeast Asia? | Tropical-savanna and humid-tropical. |
| What is a typhoon? | A tropical hurricane |
| What advanced culture dominated Cambodia in Southeast Asia in the 9th century? The Cambidian language derives from this. | Khmer |
| What great worship complex in Cambodia is a wonder of the world although it is shrouded in jungle and unsafe because of roaming guerrilla fighters? | Anghor Wat |
| What are the 3 main types of agriculture in Southeast Asia? | Slash and burn, intensive paddy and plantation agriculture. |
| What type of agriculture would be practiced by mountain tribes in Laos? | Slash and burn |
| What type pf agriculture would be practiced by rice farmers in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand | Intensive paddy agriculture |
| What type of agriculture would be practiced on large estates producing tea, coffe and rubber? | Plantation agriculture |
| What is the primary staple crop of Southeast Asia? | Rice |
| What environmental problem faces Southeast Asia? | Forsts are not being replanted |
| What mineral deposits are found in Southeast Asia? | Tungsten, coal, tin, natural gas, manganese, iron and oil. |
| What organization in Southeast Asia is planning on economic cooperation as a freee trade area? | ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) |
| What S-shaped country was part of France's Indohinese colony? It was devastated by wars including American involvement in the 1960s and '70s? | Vietnam |
| What is the capital of Vietnam? | Hanoi |
| What two physical effects of the Vietnam War still plague Vietnam? | Poisoning of the soil and environment from chemical weapons like Agent Organge and the millions oof tons of unexploded bombs throughout the countryside. |
| Which Southeast Asian country is land-locked (without a seacoast)? | Laos |
| What CIA backed mountain tribe was forced to flee Laos when the Communists took over? Thousands of them found new homes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. | Hmong people |
| What mainland SE Asian country is so poor that 80 percent of the people are subsistence farmers who live in small isolated villages? | Laos |
| What peaceful SE Asian country was ruined and its people slaughtered in the Killing Fields by the Khmer Rouge in the mid-1970s? | Cambodia |
| What prosperous SE Asian country was never a European colony? It is a constitutional monarchy. | Thailand |
| What is the capital city of Thailand? | Bangkok |
| What prosperous country is rich in trade, industry, natural resources and agriculture? It is still dealing with what to do with thousands of Vietnam War refugees in camps along its northern borders? | Thailand |
| What religion ois practiced by 90% of the Thai people? | Buddhism |
| What SE Asian former British colony contains vast resources but has economic and social problems due to the unpredictable rule of its military dictator? | Burma (Myanmar) |
| What SE Asian country is unique because half is mainland and half is island? | Malaysia |
| Eastern Malaysia is on what island? | Borneo |
| What SE Asian country includes sizable portions of Muslim Malays, Chinese and Indians in its population? | Malaysia |
| What is the capital of Malaysia? | Kuala Lumpur |
| What SE Asian city-state is among the wealthiest in the world due to its busy trade, banking and industry? | Singapore |
| Where is Singapore located? | On the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula |
| What SE Asian nation occupies the southern part of Borneo island and is an oil-rich sultanate? | Brunei |
| What is geographically the largest nation in SE Asia (3000 miles from east to west)? | Indonesia |
| What SE Asian nation has the most islands (13,660)? | Indonesia |
| What is the main island of Indonesia - the capital of Jakarta is located there? | Java |
| After Brazil, what country has the largest area of tropical rainforests? | Indonesia |
| What SE Asian country has the lragest Muslim population in the world? | Indonesia |
| What SE Asian nation is a long time ally and once dependent of America? | Philippines |
| Who are Filipinos? | The people of the Philippines |
| In what two SE Asian countries would you find large numbers of Roman Catholics due to colonial influences? | Vietnam (French) and Philippines (Spanish) |
| What SE Asian country contains two large islands (Luzon and Mindanao? and 7000 smaller islands? | Philippines |
| What two SE Asian countries have a considerable "wealth gap" ( a few wealthy families control politics and economy)? | Philippines and Indonesia |
| What indonesian island was the scene of Muslim terrorist attacks on Western vacationers? | Bali |
