Ch 5.2 History of SE Asia

Southeast Asia is called "the Crossroads of the World" because it is located along important __________.

• maritime trade routes

• tectonic plates

• spice trade routes

• silk trade routes

In the 100s B.C., China conquered the Red River delta area and made ___________ a province of China for the next 1,000 years.

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Vietnam

• Indonesia

Established in the A.D. 100s, __________ was one of the first important trade-based states in the region.

• Beijing

• Funan

• Palembang

• Vietnam

By the 1600s, which religion had become dominant across much of the Malay Archipelago?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

What is the name of this passage in S. America?

• Strait of Malacca

• Strait of Gibraltar

• The Strait of Magellan

• Pacific Ocean

The fabulous wealth of the __________ led European powers to seek ocean routes to Southeast Asia.

• slave trade

• gold trade

• silk trade

• spice trade

In the early 1500s, Portuguese navigators discovered they could reach India and Southeast Asia by sailing around the southern tip of __________.

• India

• Spain

• Africa

• China

During the 1800s and early 1900s, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia became colonies of __________.

• Great Britain

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

What is the name of this country?

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• East Timor

• Burma

Southeast Asia was important to Japan before and during World War II because it had valuable __________.

• tin deposits

• waterways

• engineers

• resources