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1 World Regions in Global Context Chapter 10 Southeast Asia 1. Multiple Choice Questions: 1) Which of these Southeast Asian countries is a very large archipelago? A) Thailand B) Burma C) Indonesia D) Cambodia E) Laos 2) What crop developed 5,000 years ago in the Southeast Asian realm, grows in standing water, and became the staple throughout the region? A) sugar B) rice C) bananas D) coffee 3) What sea or ocean has competing claims over its islands by multiple Asian counties? A) Pacific Ocean B) South China Sea C) Java Sea D) Indian Ocean 4) What effect(s) does the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) have in Southeast Asia? A) arid wind pattern from equatorial region B) cold ocean breezes from August to October C) typhoon and cyclone climate D) all of the above 5) What was the major cause of unprecedented deforestation in Southeast Asia? A) export of hardwoods during colonial era B) post-wwii timber extraction C) timber industry providing local jobs D) use for construction and fuel by locals 6) The is Southeast Asia's longest waterway. A) Red River B) Chao Phraya River C) Mekong River D) Irawaddy River 7) What physical feature in Cambodia serves as a "safety-valve" overflow basin for annual flooding of the lower Mekong? A) Mekong Delta B) Tonle Sap Lake C) Irawaddy Delta D) Gulf of Tonkin E) Wallace's Basin 8) What is the purpose of the Mekong River Commission? A) flood control B) basin research C) dispute resolution D) dam projects E) all of the above 9) What former leader of Cambodia installed a cruel regime, suspended education and killed millions of his people between ? A) Pol Pot B) Sukarno C) Deng Xiaoping D) Ferdinand Marcos E) Ho Chi Minh 10) What culture built the temple compound Angkor Wat and city of Angkor Thom? A) Champa B) Srivijaya C) Annam D) Khmer E) Irian Jaya 1

2 11) What sultanate in insular Southeast Asia successfully disseminated Islamic beliefs with commercial power? A) Brunei B) Malacca C) Padang D) Sarawak E) Timor 12) What distinguishes Theravada Buddhism from Mahayana and other brands of Buddhism? A) focused on monasticism and Pali rituals B) combined with Marxist beliefs C) consolidated with commercial trading D) culture of the Srivijaya Empire 13) Most of what is today Indonesia was a colony of the: A) French B) Dutch C) British D) Spanish E) Portuguese 14) Which European nation colonized Thailand? A) British B) French C) Dutch D) Portuguese E) Thailand remained independent in the colonial era. 15) What country is presently the most important source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Southeast Asia? A) China B) Japan C) U.S. D) The Netherlands E) Germany 16) Why is Singapore the Asian Economic "Miracle"? A) infrastructure B) skilled workforce C) government supported education D) leader in information technology and aerospace E) all of the above 17) Which of the following is true about the U.S. military intervention in Vietnam? A) Agent Orange used as weapon B) domino theory of communism C) more than million Vietnamese killed D) 58,000 Americans killed E) all of the above 18) What is the main illegal product being produced in Southeast Asia's "Golden Triangle"? A) opium B) methamphetamine C) coca D) both opium and methamphetamine E) both opium and coca 19) What is true about gender issues in Southeast Asia? A) matrilocal families pass authority from father B) women have more power in SE Asia C) women are preferred by high technology industry D) boys have access to free education E) all of the above 20) Most of the people on Singapore are: A) ethnic Chinese B) of Indian ancestry C) of Muslim ancestry D) of Malayan ethnicity E) none of these 21) A belief system that focuses on the souls and spirits of non-humans objects in the natural world is called: A) Buddhism B) Sikhism C) Animism D) Hinduism E) Confucianism 22) What nation has over a million displaced persons including many in refugee camps in Thailand and Bangladesh? A) Singapore B) Laos C) Burma (Myanmar) D) Cambodia E) Indonesia 2

3 23) One of the most important goals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was: A) to reduce national tariffs within region B) to reduce economic influence from China and Australia C) to reduce the political interference of U.S. and Great Britain D) to facilitate adoption of Communism during the Cold War 24) The dubious political idea which suggests that political unrest in one country can destabilize neighbors and start a chain of events and indeed drove U.S. involvement in the disastrous Vietnam War, is the so-called: A) crony capitalism B) kleptocracy C) pancasila D) domino theory 25) What two factions have been involved in a very long conflict in the Philippines virtually since its independence? A) Moro National Liberation Front and Catholic state B) Moro National Liberation Front and National League for Democracy C) Catholic state and Buddhist nationalists D) National League for Democracy and State Law and Order Restoration Council 2. Match each country with its capital. A) Bangkok B) Vientiane C) Jakarta D) Phnom Penh E) Hanoi F) Bandar Seri Begawan G) Manila H) Dili I) Kuala Lumpur J) Rangoon/Yangon Burma Laos Cambodia Vietnam Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Brunei Timor-Leste 3. Short Essay Questions: a) Why is the Mekong River significant to this region? Discuss three ways this river contributes to the economy, agriculture and politics of this region. b) What factors have contributed to Singapore's emergence as the principal port and business center in Southeast Asia? Why is it now considered to be a "global" city? c) Where is the "Golden Triangle"? Why has this region become an important global and regional center for the production of opium and methamphetamines? d) Analyze one of the historical or present geopolitical conflicts in Southeast Asia. What internal factors led to the conflict? What international phenomena like colonialism, the Cold War, or global trade contributed to the conflict? 3

4 e) Discuss migration within Southeast Asia and internationally. What factors propel the movement of people? What is the remittance economy? How do different ethnicities and genders experience migration in and outside of the region? f) Summarize the history and culture of the Khmer and Srivijaya empires in the mainland (influences of Hinduism and Theravada Buddhism), and the later Muslim sultanates that emerged in the Southeast Asian islands. Explain how political authority was intertwined with religious practices and social life. How did the politics and culture change the regional landscape? Chapter 11 Oceania 1. Multiple Choice Questions 1) Which of the following physical regions of Australia is the remnant of an old folded mountain range with a steep escarpment on the eastern flanks? A) Eastern Highlands B) Interior Lowland C) Western Plateau D) Great Karoo 2) What country straddles a tectonic plate boundary and has active earthquakes in the north? A) Australia B) New Zealand C) Papua New Guinea D) Solomon Islands E) Fiji 3) Which of the following are threats to the Great Barrier Reef? A) coral bleaching B) sediment pollution C) shipping accidents D) large net fishing E) all of the above 4) Australia is one of the most arid places on earth, with two-thirds of the country receiving less than inches of rainfall annually. A) 30 B) 20 C) 35 D) 40 E) 50 5) The Great Artesian Basin, the world's largest groundwater aquifer, is found in which country? A) New Zealand B) Australia C) Papua New Guinea D) Tahiti E) Hawai'i 6) This country takes a strong stand against nuclear proliferation, and has banned all nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed vessels from its harbors. A) Australia B) New Zealand C) Fiji D) Tasmania E) Papua New Guinea 4

5 7) What is an atoll? A) polar desert B) high, volcanic island C) low, coral island D) glacier island E) bushfire 8) What does the Antarctic Treaty ban? A) mineral and oil exploration B) nuclear testing C) tourism D) mineral and oil exploration and nuclear testing E) all of the above 9) Which of the following was formerly a British colony? A) Australia B) New Zealand C) Papua New Guinea D) Australia and New Zealand E) all of the above 10) What was blackbirding? A) exotic birds decimated by European species B) Kanaka people kidnapped and enslaved C) colonial policies against Aboriginal people in Australia D) missionary influence on local leaders and law 11) What document delineates the relationship and land rights between the British Crown and Maori people? A) Treaty of Raratonga B) Treaty of Waitangi C) Antarctic Treaty D) Law of the Sea E) Maori-British Treaty 12) New Zealand's original human population probably arrived from: A) Polynesia B) New Guinea C) Australia D) Southeast Asia E) Africa 13) Why are many Pacific Island referred to as MIRAB economies? A) lack of foreign aid B) money sent from overseas relatives C) low import dependence D) all of the above 14) What concept describes a lifestyle of low income, adequate diet, reciprocal support and education? A) export substitution B) MIRAB economy C) subsistence affluence D) equitable society 15) Who are the Stolen Generations? A) Aboriginal children removed from their families B) Pacific Kanak people kidnapped for labor C) British convicts sent to settle Australia D) Maori leaders who resisted European settlers 16) Most people in Oceania speak: A) English B) French C) Papuan D) Spanish E) Dutch 17) What is the Aboriginal worldview that links people to ancestors and the past to the present? A) corroboree B) hongi C) Waking life D) Dreamtime 18) The political conflict on Fiji is between the native Fijians and: A) people of South Asian ancestry B) Maoris C) people of European ancestry D) Polynesians E) people of Chinese ancestry 5

6 19) The White Australia policy favored immigration from, followed by. A) Western Europe; Eastern Europe B) Eastern Europe; Western Europe C) Northern Europe; Southern Europe D) Southern Europe; Northern Europe E) The White Australia policy did not favor migrants from any particular European region. 20) What is the 2015 population of Oceania? A) 25 million B) 30 million C) 40 million D) 55 million E) 60 million 21) What is the average Indigenous population in the Pacific Islands? A) 90 percent B) 80 percent C) 75 percent D) 60 percent E) 50 percent 22) Which country in Oceania is most vulnerable to ozone depletion and suffers high levels of skin cancer? A) Australia B) New Zealand C) Papua New Guinea D) Solomon Islands E) Fiji 23) What effect of climate change is of immediate concern to Pacific atolls? A) ozone depletion B) carbon dioxide emissions C) sea level rise D) drought 24) What is a major source of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emission? A) carbon dioxide from fossil fuels B) methane from livestock C) industrial fluorinated gases D) nitrous oxide 25) After 1973, first non-white immigrants to Australia came from which country? A) Vietnam B) Hong Kong C) Philippines D) all of the above 2. Match each country with its capital. A) Suva B) Palikir C) Pago Pago D) Port-Vila E) Canberra F) Port Moresby G) Papeete H) Honiara I) Wellington J) Hagatna Australia New Zealand French Polynesia Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Guam Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Solomon Islands American Samoa 6

7 3. Short Essay Questions: a) Evaluate climate change in Oceania. What are the main threats in the Pacific Islands? What is the role of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and New Zealand? What species are threatened? b) Describe the physical differences between high volcanic islands and low coral atolls. Specifically, discuss how these islands were formed, and differences in vegetation, soils, and precipitation. c) Compare and contrast the legal, economic, and social policies affecting the Maori in New Zealand and the Aboriginal people of Australia. What were the colonial practices of Great Britain to both groups? What treaties and rights exist in both countries? What is the role of indigenous social movements in New Zealand and Australia? d) Discuss economic development in the Pacific Islands. What are the main economic industries and sources of revenue? What are the challenges to these economies? What resources allow Pacific Island economies to redefine affluence and poverty? e) How, why, and when did Australia and New Zealand start to shift their economic and political orientations away from Great Britain toward Asia and North America? 7