Geog 100 SG 3
Which religion was founded by Siddhartha, focuses on self-knowledge, and has Four Noble Truths?
Buddhism
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in which SE Asian country?
Cambodia
What is Egypt's capital city?
Cario
SRI LANKA Capital
Colombo
What is the territorial state morphology of Cambodia?
Compact
What is the territorial state morphology of Philippines?
Fragmented
Which colonial sphere controlled Vietnam?
France
What program that began in the 1960s developed higher-yield, fast growing varieties of grains in developing countries through modern agricultural techniques?
Green Revolution
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi
Which mountain range dominates the country of Afghanistan, dividing it into three environmental zones (northern plains, central highlands, desert southern plateau)?
Hindu Kush
The Caste System is a strict social stratification of people practiced in what religion?
Hinduism
The Dravidian Family Langauges are primarlity spoken in which South Asian Region today?
India
Which country is the largest secular federal democracy in the world?
India
Which is the largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population?
Indonesia
The Mesopotamic Culture Hearth was located in what present-day country?
Iraq
The majority of people in Bangladesh adhere to which religion?
Islam
PAKISTAN Capital
Islamabad
What resource reserves are of economic importance to many of the North African / SW Asian states today?
Oil and gas
What is the territorial state morphology of Indonesia?
Perforated
What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
What is the territorial state morphology of Thailand?
Protruded
MOROCCO Capital
Rabat
On what basis was South Asia partitioned into India, East Pakistan, and West Pakistan when they gained independence from Britain?
Religion: Hinduism and Islam
Islam's 5 Pillars of Faith
Repeated expressions of creed Frequent prayer Alms giving Month of daytime fasting Pilgrimage to Mecca
SAUDI ARABIA Capital
Riyadh
The centrifugal forces in Sri Lanka resulting in civil war from 1983 to 2009 were between which two groups?
Sinhalese and Tamils
Which colonial sphere controlled the Philippines?
Spain
Which SE Asian country has a bi-polar arrangement with 2 strong cities anchoring different regions (Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the South)?
Vietnam
What are the features of the tropical rainforest (humid equatorial) climate?
Warm-hot; wet all year
Which colonial sphere controlled Malaysia?
Britain
The historic spreading of Islam around the world in its earliest stages illustrates the spatial diffusion geographic concept of what?
(spatial) Diffusion
Afghanistan Capital
*Kabal
Which Hindu Tenet embodies the concept of non-violence?
Ahimsa
ALGERIA Capital
Algiers
TURKEY Capital
Ankara
What is the name of the dam located on the Nile River that served to increase Egypt's irrigated land and hydro-electric power production?
Aswan High Dam
IRAQ Capital
Baghdad
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
Which physiographic region in South Asia has the highest population density?
Bangladesh
LEBANON Capital
Beirut
What is Pakistan's primary legal economic industry?
Cotton-based textile industry
Middle East: What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
BANGLADESH Capital
Dhaka
Is the ethnic make-up of Afghanistan relatively homogeneous or diverse?
Diverse
The theory that indicates that destabilization in one area will eventually effect surrounding areas is called what?
Domino Theory
What are the three main climates of the SW / North African realm?
Dry arid desert, semi-arid steppe, Mediterranean
Cattle are sources of what 3 things in India?
Dung fuel, milk products, and animate labor
Which colonial sphere controlled Indonesia?
Dutch (Netherlands)
What is the territorial state morphology of Vietnam?
Elongated
What is the capital of Malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta
What three world monotheistic religions emerged in SW Asia?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
India and Pakistan have been fighting over what territory since the partition of South Asia?
Kashmir
NEPAL Capital
Kathmandu
SUDAN Capital
Khartoum
Islam came to India through which Hindu Kush Mountain pass in the 8th through 10th centuries AD?
Khyber Pass
SE Asian River: Mekong
Location
What is the name used to refer to the countries of Northwestern Africa?
Maghreb
What is the capital of the Philippines?
Manila
Name the 3 large river systems on the Southeast Asian mainland that were identified in lecture.
Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Irrawaddy
What is the major economy of Bengaluru (Bangalore), India?
Mod info-tech software
SOMALIA Capital
Mogadishu
The seasonal reversal of winds (offshore flow in winter, and onshore flow in summer) is indicative of what climatic pattern?
Monsoon climate
The Southeast Asian Insular (Island) physiography is dominated by what?
Mountains
The people who practice Islam are called what?
Muslim
What desert in Southern Israel is where modern agricultural technology has resulted in an increase in food production?
Negev
INDIA Capital
New Delhi
One of the reforms that Ataturk made in Turkey was replacing the usage of the Arabic alphabet to what alphabet?
Roman
What environmental problem is confronting the Maldives?
Sea level rise
What is the Film, Stop the traffic, about?
Sex industry in Cambodia
What territory did Egypt lose to Israel in 1967 but gained back through later peace agreements?
Sinai
Which country is considered an economic tiger and has the highest developmental statistics in the SE Asian Realm?
Singapore
Which country has experienced a conflict in its Darfur Province?
Sudan
IRAN Capital
Tehran
BHUTAN Capital
Thimphu
LIBYA Capital
Tripoli
What is shifting cultivation and where has it been practiced in SE Asia?
Tropical rainforest hills: slash and burn shifting agriculture
TUNISIA Capital
Tunis
