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What nations of Southeast Asia have been industrializing rapidly: Thailand, Malaysia & Indonesia
What did French Indchina split into: 3 nations: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos.
What perscent of the Laotian population has fled the country since the Vietnam War: 10%
What is shifting agriculture: A type of agriculture in which farmers move to new areas every few years
What is the most populated and productive part of Thailand: the plains along the Chao Phraya River
When was Laos first unified: 14th century under a Lao prince
What covers much of Myanmar: tropical forests
Where is Tonle Sap location: Nortwest Cambodia
What type of crops do subsitence farmers grow in Southeast Asia: A variety of crops: Cassava, yams, rice, bananas, pineapples, beans, sugar cane
Describe Cambodia: The successor tof the Khmer Empire, lies between Bietnam and Thailand.
What landform dominates Vietnam's interior: Mountains
What is Mainland Southeast Asia also known as: "Land of great rivers"
Who are the largest minority groups in Vietnam?: Chinese & Montagnards
Where is Vietnam's population heavily concentrated?: In the deltas fromed by the Hong River in the north and Mekong River in the south and on the coastal plain between the two deltas
How many important rivers flow from Asia's mountainous interior through the region: 4
In the north what type of landform region is there: Mountain region
During what war did the japanese conquer all of Southeast Asia: WWII
What forms Thailand's border with Burma: Rugged, forested mountains
What is the capital of North Vietnam: Hanoi
What country provided economic aid to Vietnam: Sweden
What are some of Vietnams other major exports: oil, rubber and seafood
What do the remainder of population of Laos consist of: Highlanders and isolated mountain people, like Hmong people
Where do many of the country's food exports go: Japan
Describe Laos.: Landlockend and mountainous, one of the poorest countries in the world
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): A common group that allowies the nations of Southeast Asia to have treaties of cooperation with each other, without a free-trade region.
What do farmers of Southeast Asia grow in lowlands: Rice
How much land is used in Sotheast Asia to grow rice: More than 1/2
What are the valuable mineral deposits of Southeast Asia: TIN AND OIL
What resources lie in North Vietnam?: coal, oil and mineral resources. the delta of th Hong River is a fertile agricultural region
When was Vietnam officially united: 1976
What is the most valuable commercial crop is Southeast Asia: Rubber
What is Laos other leading export: lumber
Where do the Chinese and Montagnards, respectively, live in Vietnam?: Chinese live in cities, Montagnards live in the mountains.
Who led the Vietminh?: Ho Chi Minh
Name the countries of mainland Souteast Asia from east to west: Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia.Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). Laos is to the north and Cambodia to the south
What is happening to Bangkok as water is drawn out of wells: the city is sinking
What is Teak: an evergreen tree valude for furniture making
What is Myanmar's chief crop and where is it grown: Rice, the river floodplains
What valuable hardwoods are found in the Tropical forests in Southeast Asia: Mahogany, Ebony, and Teak
Describe Myanmar: occupies the mountainous northern and western part of Southeast Asian mainland. Borders China on the north, India and Bangladesh on the west and Thailand and Laos on the east. The courntry's southernmost tip extends to the narow Isthmus of Kra along tha Andaman Sea
What industries have experience rapid growth in Thailand: textiles, electronics and automobile assembly
What is Thailand's population: more than 3/4 are Thais who are Buddhist. The remaining are: Chinese, Laao, mountain peoples. Refugees are on the eastern border of Thailand
What is the capital of South Vietnam: Saigon
Where are natural gas fields in Southeast Asia: Thailand
Where are coal deposits found in Southeast Asia: Vietnam & Indonesia
What island were the Fossils found on: Java
What Crops are grown for export in Southeast Asia: Rice, coconuts, oil palms, spices, sugarcan, and rubber
What else does Myanmar support: large illegal opium(heroin) trade
Southeast Asia has large areas of what: Tropical Forests
What is the population of Myanmar: more than half are ethnic Burmans - Buddhists, with a cuture rich in art , architectue & literature.
What dominates the central part of Myanmar: the braoad north-south Irrawaddy River valley
What is Laos major source of income: Hydroelectric power exported to Thailand
Where do most people live in Myanmar: Irrawaddy River valley
What religion are the Lao people and where do they live: Buddhists and live mainly in ruarl valledy
What type of climate does Sotheast Asia have: Tropical
What is morte that half the population of Laos made up of?: Lao, closely related to the Thais
What does the word "Thailand" mean?: land of the free
What are the challenges facing Cambodia today: Cambodians are in refugee camps, thousands of mines are buried through the coutnry, the government is divided and corrupt. An entire generation of leaders, educatior, and other profesionals were executed and resources were looted by the Khmer Rouge.
Despite Laos neutrality during the Vietnam War, what crossed Laos: Major supply routes for North Vietnamese
Who controls the plantaions of Southeast Asia today: Local population
What countries of Southeast Asia export petroleum: Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei
What year did the United states withdraw troops: 1973
What happened in 1975 in Cambodia: Communist forces call Khner Rouge seized power. Isolated Cambodia and launed a program to establish a Khmer peasant nation
Describe Thailand: occupies the cental part of the Southe Asian mainland and extends outh into the Malay Penisnsula.
How does the country of Laos survive: Laos survives on foreing aid
Where are the major tin deposits found?: Maylaysia, Indonesia & Thailand
Where are the pople of Cambodia concentrated: fertile rice-growing region along the Mekong River
Who is Thailand's major trade partner: Japan
How long did the Vietminh & French fight?: 8 years
What coffe is especially valuable in Southeast Asia: Coffee that is produced in the rich soils of the mountainous islands of Indonisia
Where is Thailand driest?: on the Khorat Plateau in the northeat portion of the country
Wheere is Bangkok located: the Chao Phraya
What is Southeast Asia's largest lake: Tonle Sap
What percent of the population of Vietnam is made up of Vietnamese?: 85%
What is the ony Southeast Asain coutnry that was not a Europan colony: Thailand
What did the Dutch East Indies become: Indonesia
What resources lie in Vietnam's south?: productive rice fields of the Mekong Delta and rubber plantations
What did the United States due in response to the supply routes the crossed Laos: The US bombed parts of Laos
what is anothe name for canals in Thailand: klongs
After the Soviet Union collapsed who became Vietnam's trade partners: Japan & Singapore
When did Cambodia gain independence from France: 1953
What year did the United States end a ban on trade with Vietnam: 1994
Who has power belonged to through much of Thailand's history: military leaders
The Burmese migrated to Southeast Asia from where: China
Most farmers are what type of farmers: Subsitence
What was the outcome of the Vietminh & French war?: Vietminh defeated the French and in 1954 Vietnam was divided along the 17th parallel
Describe the country of Vietnam: A long, narrow country that occupies the eastern portion of the Indochina Peninsula.
What is the capital of Cambodia: Phnom Penh, located in the rice-growing region of the souch
What provides many nations of Sotheast Asia with there most valuable exports: Agriculture
What are the environmental problems from the clearing of Southeast Asia's Tropical rain forests: loss of habitat for wildlife, soil erosion, and water shortages. Climates may also be affected
What were the Khmer Rouges methods of schiving a simple, pure society in Cambodia?: Cities were emptied, educated were executed, familes were separated, citzend were foced into field labor. More than 1 million Cambodains others, were killed
What other crops are grown in Laos: tobacco, corn, cotton and coffee
What do rice farmers also raise in the patty feilds: Animals like ducks, waterbuffalo
What else is Thailand a major exporter in: Fish
What happened in 1989 in Myanmar: the militry governemnt changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar.
What countries produce most of the world's supply of natural Rubber: Malaysia, Indonisia, and Thiland
Were is the Chao Phraya river located: Thailand
Waht is Thaliand's largest city and capital: Bangkok
What doe mines in northern mountains of Myanmar contain: Jade
The world's largestreserve of what timber is found in Myanmar: teak
Who became Vietnams main trade partner: Soviet Union
What did the Philippines become independent of: The U.S.
What occured in Vietnam in 1975: North Bietnames forces occupied Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City
What is the climate in Thailand: Tropical savanna
What are the main food sources of Cambodia: Rice and fish
Where does rice grow in the lowlands of Sotheast Asia: Along river banks, and on fertile slopes
Are all SoutheastAsian countries at the same level of economic development: No
Intesive agriculture is especially succesful where: India, Chian, and Japan
What is a valuable export in Sotheast Asia: Coffee
What is Myanmar strontly influenced by: monsoon
What made Southeast Asia an ideal site for large European-owned plantations: a plentifull supply of low-cost labor, tropical climates, and nearnest to sea routes
What is the main problem facing Laos: poverty
What was Vietnam along with Laos & Cambodia part of?: French Indochina
Bangkok is well known for what: palaces and Buddhist monasteries
What is intensive agriculture: Agriculture that uses much human labor
What happened in Vietnam after the withdrawal of US troops: South Vietnamese government collapsed.
Most of the interior of the mainland countries and the wastern islands of indonesia have what type of cliamte: Tropical-savanna
What export crop does Thailand lead the world in: Rice
What is annual rainfall in Myanmars northern area: as little as 32 inches per year
Have countries in Southeast Asia recognized the problems associated with clearing the tropical rainforests: Yes, some have, creating national parks and logging exporet bans. Other countires it is too late.
What did the Vietminh demand?: Independence
What is Yangon also called: Rangoodn
What climate type is northern Myanmar: tropical-savanna
What type of climate is Myanmar: tropical
The communist governemnt of Laos allows what freedoms: Religion and privately owned businesses
What other crops does Thailand export: Sugarcane, corn, rubber
What does the US government recognize Myanmar as: Burma
What kind of government did North Vietnam establish?: Communist governemtn
Why is farming difficult in Southeast Asia: Poor soils, and the slash-and-burn techneque forces farmers to abanden feilds do to soil depletion
Where is Cambodia in relation to Thailand: southeast
What are other important mineral in Southeast Asia: TUNGSTEN, IRONE ORE, AND MAGANESE
What happened in 1962 in Myanmar: military governmet took over all business and trade and created a socialist economy
What is the life expectancy of the Laos subsistence farmer: 20 years less than neighboring Thailand
What type of climate does southern Myanmar have: humid-tropical
What did Laos ban in 1990?: the export of logs
What connects much of Bangkok: canals
What was the country of Laos official position during Vietnam War: neutral
What happened in Vietnam in 1963?: North Vietnamese troops invaded South Vietnam
What forms Thailand's eastern boundary with Laos: The Mekong River
What is Myanmar's largest and capital city: Yangon
How many crops of rice per year are grown in Southeast Asia: 2 or even 3
What did the French discover when they returned to Vietnam after WWII?: They found that Communist forces (the Vietminh) had gained power in the north.
What are major imports of Thailand: autombiles and machinery
What weather item is all of Thailand subject to: Seaonal monsoonal rainfall
What happened in 1975 in Laos: Communist forces took over and formed the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Where has most of the economic growht occurred in Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi
What type of governemtn does Thailand have: A constitutional monarchy with a king
Were is the Mekong river located: Southern China into northern Vietnam
Southeast Asia contains of how many landform regions: 3
What nations of Southeast Asia remain undeveloped and generally very poor: Laos, Cambodia & Myanmar
What are the major exports of Myanmar: lumber and seafood
When was Laos under French rule: 1890s until 1954
What is the third landform region: Thousands of islands with single volcanoes
How many South Vietnamese tried to escape communist takeover: more than 1 million
What has helped the economy of Thailand grow rapidly: foreign investment, especially from Japan
What is the capital on only large city of Laos: Vientiane, Mekong River Valley
What type of governemtn did South Vietnam establish: A government friendly to the United States
Were is the Irrawaddy river located: Myanmar
When did Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia: 1978
What do Thailand's mineral include: tin tungsten and lead oil resources and large offshore natural-gas deposits in the Gulf of Thailand
Myanmar is formerly known as what: Burma
What are the 3 major types of farming in Southeast Asia: Slash-and-burn, Intesive patty agriculture, and plantation agriculture
Today what is bangkok known for: traffic jams and air pollutions
Why is Tonle Sap important: It supports a fishery and acts as a reservoir during monsoon season. It helps reduce flooding downstream by filling with overflow water from the Mekong River. The water drains back into the Mekong after the Monsoon
Who did Myanmar gain its indepence from and when?: Britain, 1948
How many ethnic groups does Laos have: more than 50
What is to the north of Vietnam: China
The Central and Southern parts of Myanmar are rich in what minerals: silber, lead, zinc, copper, tin & tungsten
Does Vietnma have the resources necessary to build a strong economy: Yes
Why did the United states withdraw troops: High human costs of the war
In the central region is what type of landform region: Plains and Plateaus
Myanmar's northern area falls into a what: mountain rain shadow
What has Vietnam's government refocused their economic policy on?: Overseas investment and trade
What covers the rest of Myanmar: a series of mountain ranges running north to south
What forms the western border of Vietnam: Laos and Cambodia
What does the population of Cambodia consist of: Khmer and Buddhist
Discribe the planting procces of rice in Sotheast Asia: People move seedleings by hand from seabeds to the flooded patty feilds harvesting is also done by hand
How many Americans and Vietnamese were killed in the Vietnam war: 55,000 Americans and 2 million Vietnamese
Whom did the Vietnamese overthrown in Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge
Vietnam is known as oone of the world's largest exporters of what crop: rice. After Thailand and the U.S.
What is the most important crop of Laos: rice
Who supported the South Vietnamense forces: The United States military
How much rainfall does southern Myanmar recieve: up to 110 inches yearly, most during June and Sept.
What were th goals of the Khmer Rouge similar to?: Cultrual Revolution in China
What was the official name of Vietnam after unification in 1976: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
What did Asian Nationalist groups seek after WWII: Independence
What alows so many crops of rice per year in Southeast Asia: Tropical climates
Who settled in Vietnam? How many years ago?: Chinese, more than 2,000 years ago
What is the climate in Thailand along the narrow Malay Peninsula: Humid tropical
What does Vietnam's east cost face?: The South China Sea
what percent of Laos people are subsistence farmers: 80
What is the region of Southeast Asia's richest and most developed nation: Singapore

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