Exam 2 Review

• Despite being a fully modern, independent city-state, Singapore is still dependent 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) to what extent?

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

  Phillippines
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This technology was able to assist governments and aid agencies in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

  GIS
• The only southeast Asian country to ever have been a member of OPEC is?

  Indonesia
• Periodic volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that cause havoc in Indonesia and the Philippines can be traced to

  Their location on active plate margins
• The Green Revolution in southeast Asia

  developed new varieties of rice that increased yields
• The largest ethnic group in Singapore is the Chinese who migrated there because


  Singapore sits on the shipping route between China and Europe.
• As a consequence of its location, traders from _____ arrived in Southeast Asia long before the Europeans.

  China, India, Middle East
• Countries like Singapore and Indonesia experience high rainfall and high temperature throughout the year because


  they are located in the equatorial zone.
• The process of East Timor becoming an independent country


  took decades and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
• Despite being a fully modern, independent city-state, Singapore is still dependent on Malaysia for

  a significant part of its water.
• Indonesia is a former colony of which European country?

  the Netherlands
• Hindu burial rites mandate that bodies be cremated on funeral pyres, preferably on the Ganges River in Varanasi. This further exacerbates the already critical problem of

  deforestation.
• Two phenomena at opposite ends of Mumbai's cultural landscape.

  Bollywood and Dharavi
• The rates of HIV/AIDS infection are highest

  in the southern states.
• The largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka is the

  Sinhalese
• Which country is described in these terms: about 421 million people in poverty; 42% of children undernourished; 31% urban; women socially disadvantaged?

  India
• What do Sri Lanka and Bhutan have in common?

  Both are predominantly Buddhist countries.
• Europeans, especially the British, were able to dominate South Asia from the 17th century primarily because they were able to exploit


  the conflicts between many small, fragmented and competing kingdoms.
• The major factor influencing whether India will produce an agricultural surplus, or suffer a shortage.

  timing and duration of the monsoon cycle
• Maoist rebels disrupted the political stability of _____ for several decades, until a ceasefire agreement was concluded in 2006.

  Nepal
• The Chota Nagpur Plateau south of India's Ganges Plain is the country's center for

  iron and steel production.
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party associated with which religion?

  Hinduism
• Europeans, especially the British, were able to dominate South Asia from the 17th century primarily because they were able to exploit


  the conflicts between many small, fragmented and competing kingdoms.
• Which of the following is most likely perpetuate the poverty of a rural laborer in India?

  a daughter's dowry
• A buffer state that chooses to limit its interactions with the outside world by monitoring the number of tourists who enter it is

  Bhutan.
• South Asia's external trade links were well-established by ancient Greek and Roman times, but its seaborne trade, prior to the arrival of the Europeans in the 1500s, was controlled by

  Arabs.
• What characteristics make the Maldives so suitable for the mainstays of its economy?

  it is a group of low elevation atolls in the Indian Ocean
• Based on a shaded relief map, which river would seem most suitable for a hydroelectric project?

  Narmada