Southeast Asia Review

Which of the following dominates Southeast Asian physiography? a) extensive plateaus b) high mountains and valleys c) extensive flat plains d) exclusively islands e) dry-environment landforms

Which of the following statements about the Southeast Asian Realm is false? a) The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics. b) Compared to neighboring realms, Southeast Asia has a relatively low population density. c) The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated. d) Southeast Asia is culturally fragmented. e) All choices are correct.

Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is: a) less densely populated and more urbanized. b) more densely populated and has a lower standard of living. c) very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas. d) entirely a remnant of Britain's East Indies colonial empire. e) much less affected by Chinese immigration.

Half of Southeast Asia's population lives in which two countries? a) Indonesia and Vietnam b) Indonesia and the Philippines c) Vietnam and the Philippines d) Malaysia and Myanmar e) Indonesia and Thailand

Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas? a) lower valleys of major rivers b) deltas of major rivers c) zones of plantation development in Malaysia d) areas of volcanic soil in the islands e) interior highland regions

Agriculture in insular Southeast Asia is limited by: a) desert conditions. b) loess soils. c) generally infertile tropical soils. d) severe dietary restrictions caused by food taboos. e) All choices are correct.

Which country-river association is incorrect? a) Myanmar-Irrawaddy b) Thailand-Chao Phraya c) Laos-Liao d) southern Vietnam-Mekong e) northern Vietnam-Red

A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was: a) Vietnam. b) Malaya. c) Borneo. d) Thailand. e) Burma.

Which of the following was not a part of French Indochina? a) Tonkin b) Siam c) Cambodia d) Laos e) Cochin China

Which of the following European colonizer-Southeast Asian colony associations is incorrect? a) Spain-Philippines b) Britain-Burma c) Netherlands-Brunei d) France-Vietnam e) Portugal-East Timor

Which of the following countries was once part of British India? a) Singapore b) Sumatera (Sumatra) c) Myanmar (Burma) d) Malaysia e) Thailand

Which of the following islands was not colonized by the Dutch? a) Java b) Sumatera (Sumatra) c) Borneo d) Sulawesi (Celebes) e) Luzon

Which of the following broke away from Malaysia to become a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia in 1965? a) Singapore b) Hong Kong c) Sarawak d) Brunei e) Borneo

What is the largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population? a) Bangladesh b) Iran c) Pakistan d) Indonesia e) Nigeria

Which ethnic group forms a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia? a) Indians b) Japanese c) Singaporeans d) Thais e) Chinese

To what religion do most of the people in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia adhere? a) Buddhism b) Hinduism c) Islam d) Roman Catholicism e) the Muslim faith

Which of the following political entities is not located on the island of Borneo? a) Kalimantan b) Sarawak c) East Timor d) Brunei e) Sabah

During which stage is a boundary actually marked on the ground? a) field perforation b) allocation (definition) c) delimitation d) demarcation e) antecedence

What concept describes how destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas? a) Vietnam syndrome b) organic theory c) buffer theory d) Domino theory e) fragmentation model

Which of the following is an example of a relict boundary? a) North and South Vietnam b) North and South Korea c) Israel and the West Bank d) Australia and East Timor e) United States and Mexico

What term describes a boundary developing contemporaneously with a cultural landscape, and adjusting to linguistic, religious, and ethnic breaks? a) superimposed b) relict c) antecedent d) subsequent e) organic

The genetic classification of boundaries interprets a boundary's function by examining: a) its appearance on the map as straight, curved, or irregular lines. b) its length or persistence, whether it is an attenuated or abbreviated boundary. c) the physical landscape through which it lies, whether that landscape is uniform or complex. d) the evolution of the boundary as part of the cultural landscape they partition. e) the degree of penetration of the boundary by roads, railroads, pipelines, and the like.

Which country is the best example of an elongated state territorial configuration? a) Cambodia b) Vietnam c) Brunei d) Singapore e) Philippines

Saigon has been renamed after ___________, the communist leader who founded modern Vietnam: a) Viet Cong b) Kim Il Sung c) Ho Chi Minh d) Dien Bien Phu e) Pol Pot

Which country does not border Vietnam? a) Laos b) Thailand c) Cambodia d) People's Republic of China e) All of these countries border Vietnam

What are the two core areas of Vietnam? a) Cochin China and Annam b) Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City c) the Mekong and Irrawaddy deltas d) Bangkok and Dien Bien Phu e) Viangchan and Phnom Penh

What is the Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness? a) Laos b) Cambodia c) Thailand d) Vietnam e) Indonesia

Angkor Wat is located in which country? a) Vietnam b) Cambodia c) Laos d) Myanmar e) Thailand

The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of: a) Vietnam. b) Cambodia. c) Laos. d) Thailand. e) Myanmar.

The poorest state of the former Indochina is: a) Laos. b) Cambodia. c) Vietnam. d) Thailand. e) Myanmar.

Which of the following country-capital associations is false? a) Philippines and Manila b) Myanmar and Yangon c) Indonesia and Jakarta d) Laos and Hanoi e) Thailand and Bangkok

Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are: a) Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. b) Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar. c) China, Vietnam, and Malaysia. d) Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. e) Malaya, Indonesia, and Singapore.

What Southeast Asian state is the best example of a protruded state? a) Singapore b) Cambodia c) Thailand d) Malaysia e) Indonesia

Where does the vast majority of Thailand's Muslim population live? a) far north b) Bangkok area c) border zone with Malaysia d) Mekong River Delta e) Golden Triangle

The insular region of Southeast Asia does not include: a) Malaysia. b) Brunei. c) Singapore. d) Laos. e) Thailand.

What Southeast Asian country is the best example of a prorupted state? a) Cambodia b) Myanmar c) Vietnam d) Brunei e) Malaysia

Which of the following is a former British colony? a) Myanmar b) Thailand c) Cambodia d) the Philippines e) East Timor

What are the two states of East Malaysia? a) Sarawak and Sabah b) Borneo and Sumatera (Sumatra) c) Singapore and Malaya d) Brunei and Borneo e) Brunei and Singapore

What is the name of the small, oil-rich Islamic sultanate of insular Southeast Asia? a) Kalimantan b) Papua c) Brunei d) Sulawesi e) East Timor

Which of the following best defines an archipelago? a) a chain of islands b) an elongated state c) a state with more than one protrusion d) Laos e) a divided state on the mainland

Indonesia is a state located: a) on two major islands. b) on more than 17,000 islands. c) on both the Asian mainland and the island of Borneo. d) on one major island. e) between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

On which island is the majority of Indonesia's population located? a) Sulawesi b) Sumatera c) Jawa (Java) d) Kalimantan e) Timor

Which island is the westernmost island of Indonesia? a) Maluku b) Borneo c) Sumatera d) Luzon e) Java

Which Indonesian island borders the Strait of Malacca? a) Sulawesi b) Borneo c) Sumatera d) Luzon e) Java

Which island in insular Southeast Asia is known as a mini-continent? a) Sulawesi b) Borneo c) Sumatera d) Celebes e) Singapore

The Philippines' two main islands in terms of population and size are: a) Mindanao and Luzon. b) Borneo and Visayan. c) Singapore and Cebu. d) Timor and Java. e) Sulawesi and Luzon.

Where is the Muslim stronghold in the Philippines located? a) Luzon b) the Visayan archipelago c) the Sulu archipelago d) Timor e) metropolitan Manila

The world-city commanding access to the strategic Strait of Malacca is Hong Kong.

Like Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia is a region of great cultural complexity that merits the label shatter belt.

Southeast Asia can be considered a buffer zone as well as a shatter belt.

The total population of Southeast Asia is relatively modest compared to the populations of India and China.

The population of Southeast Asia tends to be evenly spread across the realm's fragmented land area.

The island of Jawa is one of the world's most intensively cultivated areas, owing to its rich volcanic soils.

The mountains to the north of mainland Southeast Asia have prevented governments from exerting complete control.

The Khmer people form the majority of the population in Cambodia.

The term Malaysia refers only to those former British protectorates on the mainland.

The United States acquired the Philippines from Japan at the end of World War II.

Dutch colonialism in its East Indies possessions eventually united over 17,000 islands into one state.

The Philippines' last colonial master, which granted the country independence in 1946, was the United States.

The island of Singapore was formerly a British colony.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country.

In Singapore, the Chinese constitute 74 percent of the population.

In boundary creation, the delimitation stage precedes the demarcation stage.

Antecedent boundaries were defined and delimited before the present-day human landscape emerged.

Subsequent boundaries are part of an ongoing process as the human landscape evolves.

The boundary between Singapore and Malaysia is known as a subsequent boundary.

Vietnam constitutes an elongated state.

Cochin China was the name of the French colonial units centered on the Mekong Delta.

More than three-quarters of Vietnam's population was born after the Indochina War.

North and South Vietnam were united in 1975.

Vietnam has more than one core area.

Cambodia is a good example of an elongated state.

Laos is Southeast Asia's only landlocked country.

The heart of Thailand lies in the Chao Phraya River Basin.

Myanmar, unlike other Southeast Asian nations, does not have any ethnic minorities.

The Kayin (Karen), a people living in the protrusion of Burma, wish to create an autonomous area within Burma.

East Malaysia includes Sarawak and Sabah.

Singapore lies on the Strait of Malacca.

People of Chinese descent make up a majority of the population of Singapore.

In Singapore, Muslims constitute more than 75 percent of the population.

Singapore has an authoritarian government and a market economy.

A state whose national territory consists of two or more separated parts is termed protruded.

The island of Java (Jawa) became the focus of Dutch colonial administration in Southeast Asia.

Indonesia has ended its policy of transmigration, which involved the resettlement of Jawanese to other islands.

Manila is located on the island of Mindanao.

There is a Muslim-based insurgency in the southern islands of the Philippines.

The two largest islands in the Philippines are Luzon and Mindanao.