Geography Ch 5-6

Indonesia is a former colony of which European country?

the Netherlands

One of the lasting effects of the Vietnam War is

the barren hill slopes chemically defoliated by American forces.

Europeans, especially the British, were able to dominate South Asia from the 17th century primarily because they were able to exploit

the conflicts between many small, fragmented and competing kingdoms.

Periodic volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that cause havoc in Indonesia and the Philippines can be traced to

their location on active plate margins

Countries like Singapore and Indonesia experience high rainfall and high temperature throughout the year because

they are located in the equatorial zone.

The major factor influencing whether India will produce an agricultural surplus, or suffer a shortage.

timing and duration of the monsoon cycle

The process of East Timor becoming an independent country

took decades and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

What characteristics make the Maldives so suitable for the mainstays of its economy?

it is a group of low elevation atolls in the Indian Ocean

What comparative advantage does Bengaluru (Bangalore) have that enables it to attract domestic and foreign high-tech companies?

its engineering colleges

What could possibly motivate the Indonesian government to approve the deforestation of Borneo?

job creation and poverty reduction

The evidence in SEA suggests that developing tourism and an export-oriented economy

leads to higher gross national income.

Despite being largely rural, countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have cities with over 10 million people because

of the growing population in these countries as well as rural to urban migration of people in search of jobs.

As a consequence of its location, traders from _____ arrived in Southeast Asia long before the Europeans.

China, India, Middle East

This technology was able to assist governments and aid agencies in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

GIS

The largest ethnic group in Singapore is the Chinese who migrated there because

Singapore sits on the shipping route between China and Europe.

The largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka is the

Sinhalese

Civil war in Sri Lanka between the Sinhalese and Tamils occurred because of

post-independence policies that allegedly favored the Sinhalese over the Tamils.

A population distribution map of insular Southeast Asia will indicate

that Java is one of the most densely populated pieces of real estate in the world.

The changes in Indonesia's population pyramid over time indicate

that the total fertility rate is decreasing.

What do Sri Lanka and Bhutan have in common?

Both are predominantly Buddhist countries

The Chota Nagpur Plateau south of India's Ganges Plain is the country's center for

iron and steel production.

The highest of the four main caste divisions in Hindu society is the

Brahmins

According to policy approved by the United Nations, each country on earth with a shoreline on international waters may claim an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of what extent?

200 miles

South Asia's external trade links were well-established by ancient Greek and Roman times, but its seaborne trade, prior to the arrival of the Europeans in the 1500s, was controlled by

Arabs

A buffer state that chooses to limit its interactions with the outside world by monitoring the number of tourists who enter it is

Bhutan

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party associated with which religion?

Hinduism

A palimpsest is a writing or painting surface, like a canvas, on which more recent writing or painting has covered up previously work, and is thus used to describe something with diverse layers. Why is this a good description for Southeast Asia?

In Southeast Asia, there are chronological overlays of animistic, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and Christian cultures.

Oil and natural gas in SE Asia is most likely to be found

In the region's coastal seas and gulfs

The primary reason for the establishment of ASEAN and APEC was to

Increase economic and political cooperation among their member states

Which country is described in these terms: about 421 million people in poverty; 42% of children undernourished; 31% urban; women socially disadvantaged?

India

The only southeast Asian country to ever have been a member of OPEC is:

Indonesia

Evidence that Muslims were active traders with Southeast Asia centuries before the arrival of the Europeans.

Indonesia, including the Spice Islands, is overwhelmingly Islamic.

Pakistan's largest city, and major port servicing the country, is:

Karachi

For what strategic reason was it critical for Japan to take Malaysia in WWII?

Malaysia dominated the world in rubber production.

The areas in South Asia that are likely to be most adversely affected by global climate change and rising sea levels are

Maldives and the Delta of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta.

Based on a shaded relief map, which river would seem most suitable for a hydroelectric project?

Narmada

Maoist rebels disrupted the political stability of _____ for several decades, until a ceasefire agreement was concluded in 2006.

Nepal

The Khyber Pass lies on the border between

Pakistan and Afghanistan

As a consequence of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, this country is now predominantly Roman Catholic.

Philippines

Despite being a fully modern, independent city-state, Singapore is still dependent on Malaysia for

a significant part of its water.

Nowhere in the world is orographic precipitation more apparent than

in the Assam hills in northeastern India.

The rates of HIV/AIDS infection are highest

in the southern states.

Hindu burial rites mandate that bodies be cremated on funeral pyres, preferably on the Ganges River in Varanasi. This further exacerbates the already critical problem of

deforestation

The Green Revolution in southeast Asia

developed new varieties of rice that increased yields.