SOUTHEAST ASIA TEST

WHICH PART OF SOUTHEAST ASIA HAS A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST CLIMATE?

• INLAND AREAS NORTH OF THAILAND

• THE SOUTHERN MALAY PENINSULA & PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES & INDONESIA

• THE COASTAL MAINLAND ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

• THE NORTH INDOCHINESE PENINSULA

WHAT RIVER FLOWS SOUTH THROUGH A VALLEY IN MYANMAR'S CENTER?

• MEKONG

• IRRAWADDY

• SALWEEN

• CHAO PHRAYA

WHICH SOUTHEASTERN COUNTRY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY?

• MALAYSIA

• INDONESIA

• THAILAND

• MYANMAR

HOW WAS THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA DIFFERENT 40,000 YEARS AGO AS COMPARED TO TODAY?

• MYANMAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE MAINLAND BY WATER

• THERE WERE MORE ISLANDS

• THE MAINLAND WAS LARGER, AND THE ISLAND AREA WAS MUCH SMALLER

• ALL OF THE SUNDA SHELF LAY BELOW WATER

WHAT IS ONE WAY THAT THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE PHILIPPINES DIFFERS FROM THAT OF CAMBODIA?

• THE PHILIPPINES OCCUPIES ISLANDS, WHILE CAMBODIA LIES ON THE MAINLAND

• THE PHILIPPINES IS PART OF INDOCHINA, WHILE CAMBODIA IS NOT

• CAMBODIA IS PART OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, WHILE THE PHILIPPINES IS NOT

• CAMBODIA HAS NO MOUNTAINS, WHILE THE PHILIPPINES IS MOUNTAINOUS

THE SPICE ISLANDS WERE ONCE CONTYROLLED BY WHICH EUROPEAN NATION?

• SPAIN

• PORTUGAL

• ENGLAND

• FRANCE

WHY DID THE DUTCH NEED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO THE SPICE ISLANDS?

• BECAUSE THEIR SHIPS COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE LONGER VOYAGE TO THE REGION

• BECAUSE THEIR NAVIGATORS WERE NOT AS SKILLED AS THE SPANISH SAILORS

• BECAUSE THE PORTUGUESE CONTROLLED THE STRAIT OF MALACCA

• BECAUSE THEIR SHIPS WERE UNARMED AND VULNERABLE TO ATTACK

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS BECAME FRENCH COLONIES IN THE 1800s AND EARLY 1900s?

• BURMA, MALAYSIA, AND THAILAND

• LAOS, VIETNAM, AND CAMBODIA

• THAILAND & SINGAPORE

• INDONESIA & THE PHILIPPINES

THE MEKONG RIVER IS MOST IMPORTANT TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES?

• INDONESIA

• THE PHILIPPINES

• BRUNEI

• VIETNAM

IN WHAT WAY ARE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA SIMILAR?

• BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE LARGE RESERVES OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS

• BOTH COUNTRIES ARE TOP PRODUCERS OF GRANITE AND LIMESTONE

• THE COUNTRIES ARE THE TOP TWO COAL PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD

• BOTH COUNTRIES ARE LEADING EXPORTERS OF IRON ORE