CH 5 Southeast Asia

• Gondwanaland


  The former huge continent from which the southern continents and Indian peninsula broke away
• Monsoon tropical climatic environment

  A tropical climatic environment in which wind shifts between summer and winter bring heavy rains from oceanic air the summer and dry winds of interior continental air in winter
• Typhoon


  A tropical storm of hurricane type experienced in Southeast and East Asia
• Mainland Southeast Asia

  Continental Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
• Insular Southeast Asia

  Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor
• Green Revolution


  The result of introducing high-yielding strains of wheat and rice
• Crony Capitalism


  The economic system in which entrepreneurs gain advantages through close links to government officials and ministers
• Ersatz Capitalism


  The economic system that implies an inferior substitute for locally based economic development when the capital, skills, and management are all imported to produce goods for export
• Lingua Franca


  A language that aids communication among people of varied languages, often at first used for trade, but later for varied purposes
• Despite being a fully modern, independent city-state, Singapore is still depend on Malaysia for

  a significant part of its water
• For what strategic reason was it critical for japan to take Malaysia in WWII?

  Malaysia dominated the world in rubber production
• A population distribution map of insular southeast Asia will indicate

  That java is one of the most densely populated pieces of real estate in the world
• An important cash crop in Vietnam that is grown in the highlands is

  coffee
• The only southeast Asian country to ever have been a member of OPEC is:

  Indonesia
• According to policy approved by the United Nations, each country on earth with a shoreline on international waters may claim an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of what extent?

  200 miles
• As a consequence of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, this country is now predominantly Roman Catholic.

  Philippines
• Indonesia is a former colony of which European country?

  The Netherlands
• The Green Revolution in Southeast Asia

  developed new varieties of rice that increased yields.
• The primary reason for the establishment of ASEAN and APEC was to

  increase economic and political cooperation among their member states