Which of the following dominates Southeast Asian physiography? a) extensive plateaus |
b) high mountains and valleys |
Which of the following statements about the Southeast Asian Realm is false? a) The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics. |
c) The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated. |
Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is: a) less densely populated and more urbanized. |
a) less densely populated and more urbanized. |
Half of Southeast Asia’s population lives in which two countries? a) Indonesia and Vietnam |
b) Indonesia and the Philippines |
Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas? a) lower valleys of major rivers |
e) interior highland regions |
Agriculture in insular Southeast Asia is limited by: a) desert conditions. |
c) generally infertile tropical soils. |
Which country-river association is incorrect? a) Myanmar-Irrawaddy |
c) Laos-Liao |
A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was: a) Vietnam. |
d) Thailand |
Which of the following was not a part of French Indochina? a) Tonkin |
b) Siam |
Which of the following European colonizer-Southeast Asian colony associations is incorrect? a) Spain-Philippines |
c) Netherlands-Brunei |
Which of the following countries was once part of British India? a) Singapore |
c) Myanmar (Burma) |
Which of the following islands was not colonized by the Dutch? a) Java |
e) Luzon |
Which of the following broke away from Malaysia to become a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia in 1965? a) Singapore |
a) Singapore |
What is the largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population? a) Bangladesh |
d) Indonesia |
Which ethnic group forms a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia? a) Indians |
e) Chinese |
To what religion do most of the people in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia adhere? a) Buddhism |
a) Buddhism |
Which of the following political entities is not located on the island of Borneo? a) Kalimantan |
c) East Timor |
During which stage is a boundary actually marked on the ground? a) field perforation |
d) demarcation |
What concept describes how destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas? a) Vietnam syndrome |
d) Domino theory |
Which of the following is an example of a relict boundary? a) North and South Vietnam |
a) North and South Vietnam |
What term describes a boundary developing contemporaneously with a cultural landscape, and adjusting to linguistic, religious, and ethnic breaks? a) superimposed |
d) subsequent |
The genetic classification of boundaries interprets a boundary’s function by examining: a) its appearance on the map as straight, curved, or irregular lines. |
d) the evolution of the boundary as part of the cultural landscape they partition. |
Which country is the best example of an elongated state territorial configuration? a) Cambodia |
b) Vietnam |
Saigon has been renamed after ___________, the communist leader who founded modern Vietnam: a) Viet Cong |
c) Ho Chi Minh |
Which country does not border Vietnam? a) Laos |
b) Thailand |
What are the two core areas of Vietnam? a) Cochin China and Annam |
b) Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City |
What is the Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness? a) Laos |
b) Cambodia |
Angkor Wat is located in which country? a) Vietnam |
b) Cambodia |
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of: a) Vietnam. |
b) Cambodia |
The poorest state of the former Indochina is: a) Laos. |
b) Cambodia |
Which of the following country-capital associations is false? a) Philippines and Manila |
d) Laos and Hanoi |
Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are: a) Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. |
b) Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar. |
What Southeast Asian state is the best example of a protruded state? a) Singapore |
c) Thailand |
Where does the vast majority of Thailand’s Muslim population live? a) far north |
c) border zone with Malaysia |
The insular region of Southeast Asia does not include: a) Malaysia. |
d) Laos. |
What Southeast Asian country is the best example of a prorupted state? a) Cambodia |
b) Myanmar |
Which of the following is a former British colony? a) Myanmar |
a) Myanmar |
What are the two states of East Malaysia? a) Sarawak and Sabah |
a) Sarawak and Sabah |
What is the name of the small, oil-rich Islamic sultanate of insular Southeast Asia? a) Kalimantan |
c) Brunei |
Which of the following best defines an archipelago? a) a chain of islands |
a) a chain of islands |
Indonesia is a state located: a) on two major islands. |
b) on more than 17,000 islands. |
On which island is the majority of Indonesia’s population located? a) Sulawesi |
c) Jawa (Java) |
Which island is the westernmost island of Indonesia? a) Maluku |
c) Sumatera |
Which Indonesian island borders the Strait of Malacca? a) Sulawesi |
c) Sumatera |
Which island in insular Southeast Asia is known as a mini-continent? a) Sulawesi |
b) Borneo |
The Philippines’ two main islands in terms of population and size are: a) Mindanao and Luzon. |
a) Mindanao and Luzon |
Where is the Muslim stronghold in the Philippines located? a) Luzon |
c) the Sulu archipelago |
The world-city commanding access to the strategic Strait of Malacca is Hong Kong. |
False |
Like Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia is a region of great cultural complexity that merits the label shatter belt. |
True |
Southeast Asia can be considered a buffer zone as well as a shatter belt. |
True |
The total population of Southeast Asia is relatively modest compared to the populations of India and China. |
True |
The population of Southeast Asia tends to be evenly spread across the realm’s fragmented land area. |
False |
The island of Jawa is one of the world’s most intensively cultivated areas, owing to its rich volcanic soils. |
True |
The mountains to the north of mainland Southeast Asia have prevented governments from exerting complete control. |
True |
The Khmer people form the majority of the population in Cambodia. |
True |
The term Malaysia refers only to those former British protectorates on the mainland. |
False |
The United States acquired the Philippines from Japan at the end of World War II. |
False |
Dutch colonialism in its East Indies possessions eventually united over 17,000 islands into one state. |
True |
The Philippines’ last colonial master, which granted the country independence in 1946, was the United States. |
True |
The island of Singapore was formerly a British colony. |
True |
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country. |
True |
In Singapore, the Chinese constitute 74 percent of the population. |
True |
In boundary creation, the delimitation stage precedes the demarcation stage. |
True |
Antecedent boundaries were defined and delimited before the present-day human landscape emerged. |
True |
Subsequent boundaries are part of an ongoing process as the human landscape evolves. |
True |
The boundary between Singapore and Malaysia is known as a subsequent boundary. |
False |
Vietnam constitutes an elongated state. |
True |
Cochin China was the name of the French colonial units centered on the Mekong Delta. |
True |
More than three-quarters of Vietnam’s population was born after the Indochina War. |
True |
North and South Vietnam were united in 1975. |
True |
Vietnam has more than one core area. |
True |
Cambodia is a good example of an elongated state. |
False |
Laos is Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country. |
True |
The heart of Thailand lies in the Chao Phraya River Basin. |
True |
Myanmar, unlike other Southeast Asian nations, does not have any ethnic minorities. |
False |
The Kayin (Karen), a people living in the protrusion of Burma, wish to create an autonomous area within Burma. |
True |
East Malaysia includes Sarawak and Sabah. |
True |
Singapore lies on the Strait of Malacca. |
True |
People of Chinese descent make up a majority of the population of Singapore. |
True |
In Singapore, Muslims constitute more than 75 percent of the population. |
False |
Singapore has an authoritarian government and a market economy. |
True |
A state whose national territory consists of two or more separated parts is termed protruded. |
False |
The island of Java (Jawa) became the focus of Dutch colonial administration in Southeast Asia. |
True |
Indonesia has ended its policy of transmigration, which involved the resettlement of Jawanese to other islands. |
True |
Manila is located on the island of Mindanao. |
False |
There is a Muslim-based insurgency in the southern islands of the Philippines. |
True |
The two largest islands in the Philippines are Luzon and Mindanao. |
True |
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