East and Southeast Asia History

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

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

• silk trade routes

• maritime trade routes

• tectonic plates

• spice trade routes

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

• Beijing

• Vietnam

• Palembang

• Funa

In which country did the Khmer Rouge develop?

• the Philippines

• Myanmar

• Cambodia

• Laos

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

• tin deposits

• engineers

• waterways

• resources

Formerly known as Siam, _____ was the only state in Southeast Asia that Europeans did not colonize.

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• Burma

• East Timor

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

• silk trade

• spice trade

• gold trade

• slave trade

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

• Africa

• India

• Spain

• China

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

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

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

• Spain

• Portugal

• Great Britain

• France