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