social studies 1107 self test
Laos
? = 90% mountainous; rice is the primary food crop
cambodia
? = Mekong River; Tonle sap river; tonle sap lake
Vietnam
? = east coast of Indochinese Peninsula; S-shaped country; troubled history
Myanmar
? = formerly Burma; teak is the leading export
Thailands
? = never colonized by europeans; rice is the leading export
Brunei
? = northwest corner of Borneo; citizens pay no income tax
Singapore
? = off the southern tip of the malay Peninsula; one of the highest standards of living in asia; includes the largest port in southeast asia
Malaysia
? = regions geographically separated by the south china sea
southeast
? asia includes the peninsula and islands south of China, north of Australia, and east of Bangladesh and india
convicts
? in a penal colony were Australia's first European settlers
english
? is the language used for education, business, and government in Papua New Guinea
luzon
? is the largest and most populated island of the philippines
indonesia
? is the largest and most populous country in southeast asia
french polynesia
? is the largest foreign territory in Oceania, and most of its people live on the islands of ? , which is the geographic, social , and political center of the region
Java
? is the most densely populated island in indonesia
Timor
? is the poorest region of Indonesia
sumatra
? is the six-largest island in the world, and Indonesia's richest island
the Philippines, brunei
? was the first southeast asian country to obtain independence, and ? was the last
judson
Ann ? was the first missionary woman from america to serve God on a foreign mission field
wool
Australia is the world's leading producer and exporter of ?
Indochinese
The ? Peninsula includes vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and most of thailand and myanmar
6, 2
australia is the 6th largest country in the world and is composed of ? states and ? territories
borneo
brunei and East malaysia are both located on the island of ?
archipelago
indonesia is the world's largest ? and has more volcanoes than any country on Earth
earthquakes, tectonic
new zealand experiences frequent ? because it is situated at the junction of 2 ? plates
philippines
the ? is composed of more than 7,000 islands, including the luzon, visayan, and mindanao groups
Marshall
the ? island includes 2 parallel chains of coral islands-the ratak islands on the east, and the Ralik Islands on the west
moluccas
the ? were historically known as the spice islands
oceania
the islands of ? are usually divided into 3 groups, which are microneasia, melanesia, and polynesia
tongan
the laws in ? are based on the 10 commandments
tropical
the majority of southeast asia has a ? climate
coconut
the philippines is the second-largest ? producer in the world
hawaiian
to describe the boundary of polynesia, one could draw a triangle with corners at new zealand, the ? islands, and the Easter islands
rivers
tuvalu has nine islands, but none of them contain any ?
solomon islands, fiji , papua new guinea
what are the 5 divisions of melanesia
marshall islands, kiribati, federated states of micronesia
what are the 5 divisions of micronesia
new zealand, somoa, french polynesia
what are the 5 divisions of polynesia
cambodia
Indochina is made up of the countries of Laos, ?, and vietnam
Christmas
Kiritimati, or ? island, is one of the earth's largest coral atolls
french
New caledonia is a ? overseas territory in melanesia
wool, dairy
New zealand is the world's second-leading exporter of ?, and the leading exporter of ? products
malay
Parts of thailand, myanmar, and malaysia make up the ? peninsula
densely
Southeast asia is ? populated and culturally diverse