Quiz 13: Southeast Asia
Geology/Geography/Oceanography/Atmospheric Sciences
Q 1Q 1
Which country in Southeast Asia contains the largest number of islands?
A)Indonesia
B)Malaysia
C)Philippines
D)Thailand
E)Burma
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Q 2Q 2
"Insular" Southeast Asia refers to which of the following locations?
A)countries located on peninsulas
B)countries located on islands
C)countries located on mainland Southeast Asia
D)countries located on mountains
E)countries located in the interior regions of a continent
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B
Q 3Q 3
What country in Southeast Asia is a city-state?
A)Singapore
B)Malaysia
C)Indonesia
D)Burma
E)Thailand
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A
Q 4Q 4
Which country of Southeast Asia lies both on the mainland and in the islands of the region?
A)Vietnam
B)Brunei
C)Malaysia
D)Singapore
E)Laos
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Q 5Q 5
Indonesia's islands stretch for a length that is about the same distance as the mileage between which of the following pairs of cities?
A)New York to Boston
B)New York to Indianapolis
C)New York to Denver
D)New York to San Francisco
E)New York to Philadelphia
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Q 6Q 6
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to recent air pollution in Southeast Asia?
A)A severe drought turned forests into tinderboxes.
B)Commercial logging includes burning to clear the land.
C)rapidly growing cities in Southeast Asia
D)release of toxic gases from a fertilizer factory
E)increasing automobile traffic
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Q 7Q 7
On which island of Indonesia are the forests still extensive?
A)New Guinea
B)Kalimantan
C)Sumatra
D)Java
E)Borneo
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Q 8Q 8
Which of the following natural hazards is (are)prevalent in the Philippines?
A)flooding
B)mudslides
C)typhoons
D)volcanoes
E)all of the above
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Q 9Q 9
What is the longest river in Southeast Asia?
A)Mekong
B)Irrawaddy
C)Red River
D)Chao Phraya
E)Salween
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Q 10Q 10
What country straddles the mainland and insular portions of Southeast Asia?
A)Burma
B)Philippines
C)Singapore
D)Malaysia
E)Vietnam
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Q 11Q 11
Which island country lies directly in the path of tropical typhoons in the months of August and October?
A)Indonesia
B)Malaysia
C)Timor
D)Vietnam
E)Philippines
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Q 12Q 12
What factor contributes to Southeast Asia's periodic extreme drought?
A)volcanoes
B)typhoon
C)El Niño
D)deforestation
E)air pollution
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Q 13Q 13
What is the major difference between the two types of tropical climates found in Southeast Asia?
A)the temperature
B)the seasonal distribution of temperature
C)the seasonal distribution of rainfall
D)the total amount of rainfall
E)the prevalence of fog
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Q 14Q 14
By what other name is Kalimantan also known?
A)Borneo
B)Luzon
C)Java
D)the Malay Peninsula
E)Sumatra
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Q 15Q 15
What activity has placed the greatest pressure on the forests of Southeast Asia?
A)local people cutting hardwood trees to build homes
B)indigenous people clearing areas of the forest for agricultural use
C)powerful typhoons
D)industrial development and its resulting pollution
E)international commercial logging
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Q 16Q 16
What factor causes Southeast Asia's role in climate change to be larger than it appears at first glance?
A)the region's rapidly growing industrial sector
B)deforestation's effect on greenhouse gases in the region
C)the region's equatorial location
D)the large number of islands in the region
E)the oil industry in the region
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Q 17Q 17
Of what material is the Khorat Plateau composed?
A)granite
B)limestone
C)volcanic soil
D)sandstone
E)coral
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Q 18Q 18
What geological feature is associated with the islands of Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands?
A)earthquakes
B)erosion
C)karst topography
D)volcanic activity
E)all of the above
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Q 19Q 19
With the exception of the central highlands of Vietnam, how long does mainland Southeast Asia's monsoon season last?
A)from February to April
B)from May to October
C)from March to August
D)from December to February
E)from September to December
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Q 20Q 20
How long does Southeast Asia's dry and hot season last?
A)from May to October
B)from February to April
C)from March to August
D)from November to April
E)from September to December
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Q 21Q 21
What type of climate dominates in most of insular Southeast Asia?
A)occasionally hot and humid
B)constantly hot and dry
C)constantly cool and humid
D)constantly cool and dry
E)constantly hot and humid
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Q 22Q 22
Where is the population in Vietnam concentrated?
A)in the mountains bordering Laos
B)in the deltas of the Mekong and Red Rivers
C)on the central coastal plain
D)in the north, near the Chinese border
E)near its borders with Laos and Cambodia
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Q 23Q 23
Which country is undertaking a massive dam-building program to expand its hydroelectric output?
A)Vietnam
B)Laos
C)Burma
D)Cambodia
E)Thailand
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Q 24Q 24
What country near the region of Southeast Asia has sent a very large number of immigrants to Southeast Asia?
A)China
B)Japan
C)New Zealand
D)Papua-New Guinea
E)Tasmania
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Q 25Q 25
What is transmigration?
A)It is a migration of refugees from one nation to another.
B)It is a long period of migration stagnation, when a nation's population remains in one region for a significantly long period of time.
C)It is a government-implemented policy forbidding emigration from a nation in any form.
D)It is the forced movement of certain citizens to concentration camps.
E)It is the relocation of a nation's population from one location to another within its national territory.
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Q 26Q 26
Which Southeast Asian country is primarily Roman Catholic?
A)the Philippines
B)Indonesia
C)Thailand
D)Brunei
E)Vietnam
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Q 27Q 27
What country of Southeast Asia is the most highly urbanized?
A)Burma
B)Singapore
C)Vietnam
D)the Philippines
E)Cambodia
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Q 28Q 28
Immigration and migration in Southeast Asia reached a peak in the 19th and 20th centuries. What country has dominated this process?
A)China
B)India
C)Russia
D)Japan
E)Australia
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Q 29Q 29
The Shan State, known as the focus of the Golden Triangle, is in what country?
A)Thailand
B)Laos
C)China
D)Burma
E)Cambodia
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Q 30Q 30
On mainland Southeast Asia, what is the most common crop in the lowlands?
A)rubber
B)coconuts
C)rice
D)sugarcane
E)opium poppies
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Q 31Q 31
What agricultural system is sometimes referred to as "slash and burn"?
A)swidden
B)commercial agriculture
C)plantation agriculture
D)rice cultivation
E)intensive subsistence
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Q 32Q 32
What is the most densely settled island of the Philippines?
A)Mindanao
B)Samar
C)Negros
D)Luzon
E)Palawan
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Q 33Q 33
What is the chief product of the "Golden Triangle" of Southeast Asia?
A)bananas
B)electronics
C)heroin
D)gold
E)rice
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Q 34Q 34
What country of Southeast Asia has the region's lowest total Fertility Rate - a rate so low (below replacement level)that its population may soon begin to decline?
A)Burma
B)Cambodia
C)Malaysia
D)Vietnam
E)Singapore
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Q 35Q 35
What country has the highest population in Southeast Asia?
A)Burma
B)Vietnam
C)the Philippines
D)Indonesia
E)Laos
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Q 36Q 36
In what Southeast Asian country is transmigration most common, and a policy of the national government?
A)Cambodia
B)Malaysia
C)Philippines
D)Indonesia
E)Thailand
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Q 37Q 37
What country is the world's most populous Muslim country and also has the largest population in the Southeast Asia?
A)Burma
B)Indonesia
C)Philippines
D)Malaysia
E)Saudi Arabia
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Q 38Q 38
Which of the following conditions is relatively common in Southeast Asia?
A)major conurbations
B)a megalopolis
C)counterurbanization
D)primate cities
E)gentrification
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Q 39Q 39
Why is the Singapore government concerned about its country's population?
A)The addiction to opium is too great.
B)Swidden or slash and burn agricultural practices are leaving inhabitants with poor air quality.
C)Fertility rates have fallen below replacement.
D)Population density is so high that many Singaporeans are relocating to adjacent countries.
E)Heavy urbanization has led to poor health.
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Q 40Q 40
What Tai-Kadai dialect is spoken in the Khorat Plateau of Thailand?
A)Isan
B)Thai
C)Siamese
D)Bahasa
E)Papuan
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Q 41Q 41
What have large international companies, like Cargill, done to support sustainable palm oil production?
A)encourage swidden or slash and burn techniques on and near wetlands
B)trade with plantations that provide corn oil instead
C)provide research funds in order to develop sustainable methods of production
D)pledge that they would no longer trade palm oil that comes from deforested lands
E)send funds to help reforest the wetland areas that have been impacted
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Q 42Q 42
Which Southeast Asian megacity listed below does NOT have a large slum problem?
A)Bangkok, Thailand
B)Manila, Philippines
C)Jakarta, Indonesia
D)Singapore, Singapore
E)Bandung, Indonesia
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Q 43Q 43
Swidden agriculture
A)has benefited significantly from logging operations.
B)is most common on coastal plains.
C)works best in regions of medium to high population density.
D)usually relies on monocrop production.
E)depletes soil nutrients within a few years.
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Q 44Q 44
Under what conditions is swidden cultivation sustainable?
A)when the government intervenes to control land use
B)when private entities purchase land for development
C)when population densities remain relatively low and stable, and where practitioners of swidden control an adequate amount of land
D)when there is a large number of people to do the hard, manual labor associated with swidden
E)when long-term weather patterns provide adequate moisture and warmth
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Q 45Q 45
What is the most densely settled island of Indonesia?
A)Borneo
B)Java
C)Sumatra
D)Bali
E)Luzon
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Q 46Q 46
Which of the following factors helps to explain why Southeast Asia is still relatively sparsely settled?
A)tremendous out-migration
B)infertile soil and rugged topography
C)the lack of a modern transportation system
D)centuries of civil war
E)the presence of many tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever
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Q 47Q 47
What religion did the indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia practice before the arrival of religions from elsewhere?
A)Animism
B)Christianity
C)Buddhism
D)Islam
E)Hinduism
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Q 48Q 48
What is the major reason for animosity toward Chinese immigrants in the countries of Southeast Asia?
A)Many of Chinese immigrants are rather prosperous compared to the locals.
B)Many Chinese immigrants continue to spread communist propaganda throughout the region.
C)Chinese immigrants believe that they are racially superior to Southeast Asians.
D)Chinese communities in Southeast Asia are very poor and are placing an economic burden on Southeast Asian taxpayers.
E)Chinese immigrants are willing to work for very low wages, and are taking jobs away from the citizens of Southeast Asian countries.
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Q 49Q 49
What group of people brought Islam to Southeast Asia?
A)Muslim missionaries
B)Muslim warriors
C)Muslim scholars
D)Muslim sailors
E)Muslim merchants
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Q 50Q 50
Of the following countries in Southeast Asia, which one has been most receptive to western influences?
A)Malaysia
B)the Philippines
C)Burma
D)Singapore
E)Vietnam
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Q 51Q 51
Which of the following is NOT one of the major external cultural influences on Southeast Asia?
A)immigrants from India
B)indentured workers from Japan
C)migrants from China
D)Muslim merchants from South Asia
E)European colonialists
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Q 52Q 52
Vietnam
A)ruled China until about 1000 A.D.
B)still uses Chinese ideographs for written communication.
C)adopted many aspects of Confucianism.
D)was once a Hindu kingdom.
E)is a province of China.
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Q 54Q 54
What language did Philippine nationalists choose as a language to unite their country?
A)Tagalog
B)English
C)Spanish
D)French
E)Malay
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Q 55Q 55
Who are the Karen?
A)aside from the Hmong, the second largest tribal group in Laos
B)a tribal people of upland Burma
C)the current rulers of Burma
D)Cambodians who have been expelled from their homeland and forced to reside in Thailand
E)the royal family of Thailand
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Q 56Q 56
What is the newest country in the Southeast Asian region?
A)East Timor
B)Singapore
C)Indonesia
D)Philippines
E)Brunei
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Q 57Q 57
Who were the first Europeans to arrive in Southeast Asia to colonize the region?
A)British
B)Dutch
C)Portuguese
D)French
E)Spanish
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Q 58Q 58
With what Southeast Asian country were the Khmer Rouge guerrillas associated?
A)Indonesia
B)Malaysia
C)Philippines
D)Cambodia
E)Thailand
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Q 59Q 59
The Vietnam War
A)ended with American victory.
B)resulted in a reunified Vietnam.
C)put an end to the brutal policies of the Khmer Rouge.
D)began in the late 1960s.
E)originally involved Spain and Vietnam.
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Q 60Q 60
The Vietnam War started when which European country tried to retain control of its Southeast Asian colonies?
A)Great Britain
B)Spain
C)France
D)United States
E)the Dutch
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Q 61Q 61
During the Vietnam War, with which country did North Vietnam ally itself?
A)France
B)United States
C)Japan
D)China
E)Spain
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Q 62Q 62
According to the domino theory, if Vietnam fell to the communists, the two next countries to fall to communism would be
A)China and Taiwan.
B)Burma and Thailand.
C)Malaysia and Indonesia.
D)Laos and Cambodia.
E)the United States and Mexico.
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Q 63Q 63
The recently independent country of East Timor was formerly part of what country of Southeast Asia?
A)Vietnam
B)the Philippines
C)Malaysia
D)Indonesia
E)Thailand
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Q 64Q 64
Modern-day Indonesia was once a colony of which European country?
A)Great Britain
B)France
C)United States
D)Netherlands
E)Spain
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Q 65Q 65
The Spratly Islands
A)may possess major oil deposits.
B)are mountainous and rugged.
C)have been a major cause of disunity within ASEAN.
D)are occupied by the Philippines.
E)are one of the largest chains in Southeast Asia.
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Q 66Q 66
Which country of Southeast Asia did not exist as a kingdom before colonialism helped to shape its political boundaries?
A)Cambodia
B)Malaysia
C)Laos
D)Vietnam
E)Burma
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Q 67Q 67
How was the Ho Chi Minh Trail primarily used during the Vietnam War?
A)as a supply route
B)as a trade route
C)as an evacuation route
D)It was a line dividing Communism and Capitalism economies.
E)It was a game trail indigenous peoples used to hunt for food.
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Q 68Q 68
Why did the United States eventually withdraw from the Vietnam War in the early 1970s?
A)It was clear North Vietnam was superior.
B)The United States became fearful of communism.
C)The United States did not have enough modern weaponry.
D)antiwar movement
E)North Vietnam threatened the United States with nuclear weapons.
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Q 69Q 69
Why is Indonesia determined to keep its influence over western New Guinea?
A)the religious ties associated with western New Guinea
B)Much of its historical population resides in New Guinea.
C)Indonesia's largest source of tax revenue, the Grasberg mine, is on New Guinea.
D)The people of western New Guinea voted to remain with Indonesia.
E)There are important archaeological sites in New Guinea.
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Q 70Q 70
What European group arrived in the Southeast Asian region around the 1500s?
A)French
B)Dutch
C)English
D)Spanish
E)Portuguese
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Q 71Q 71
In 2011, this country was ranked along with Afghanistan as the third most corrupt country in the world.
A)Burma
B)Indonesia
C)Vietnam
D)Laos
E)East Timor
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Q 72Q 72
The main locations of commercial sex in Southeast Asia are located
A)near the old royal compounds.
B)near American military bases.
C)in the slums of megacities.
D)in the old city cores near former colonial government buildings.
E)in the rural areas away from the authorities.
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Q 73Q 73
What immigrant culture is somewhat more prosperous thus creating tension in the host countries?
A)Japanese
B)Indian
C)Australian
D)Chinese
E)American
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Q 74Q 74
According to the graphic below, which country has the highest tourism receipts per capita?
A)Thailand
B)Singapore
C)Philippines
D)Vietnam
E)Malaysia
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Q 75Q 75
What are the economic and political systems like in Vietnam?
A)It embraces market economics and a democratic government.
B)It rejects market economics, while retaining the political forms of a communist state.
C)It embraces market economics, while retaining the political forms of a communist state.
D)It rejects both market economics and the political forms of a communist state.
E)It had adopted a regulated economic system, along with a socialist-democratic political form.
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Q 76Q 76
What kind of economic activity has the Indonesian government been trying to foster in order to improve its economy?
A)technologically oriented businesses
B)automobile assembly
C)back office work
D)pharmaceuticals
E)steel industry
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Q 77Q 77
What country has Vietnam emulated as it works to improve its economy?
A)United States
B)China
C)South Korea
D)Japan
E)India
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Q 78Q 78
The Philippines
A)has banned migration to other countries.
B)has the second highest PPP in Southeast Asia.
C)owes much of its lack of economic success to the policies and corruption of Ferdinand Marcos.
D)hosts several important American naval bases.
E)has a communist economic system.
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Q 79Q 79
What is education like in Southeast Asia?
A)emphasis on basic and technical education, but inadequate attention given to graduate-school education
B)a good education system, including basic, technical, and university education
C)an inadequate education system, with little attention paid to basic education, and even less to technical and university education
D)emphasis on basic education, but inadequate attention given to university and technical education
E)emphasis on basic and university education, but inadequate attention given to technical education
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Q 80Q 80
Why were Japanese companies attracted to setting up investments in Thailand?
A)Thailand's sex industry
B)Culturally the two countries are quite similar.
C)Thailand had low wages and a reasonably educated workforce.
D)There was already a large modernized infrastructure set up to attract investors.
E)the large urban areas
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Q 81Q 81
Why have gains in university education rates been slower in Southeast Asia than in other developing regions?
A)Literacy rates are relatively low compared to other regions.
B)People would rather attend western universities in Europe or North America.
C)The economies of the region do not need higher education to support its growth.
D)People are not interested in higher education.
E)the lack of investment in higher education by the various governments
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Q 83Q 83
Briefly discuss the patterns of deforestation in this region and the forces behind these patterns.
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Q 84Q 84
What are the major environmental issues confronting Southeast Asia? How serious are they, and what steps have been taken to deal with them?
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Q 85Q 85
Briefly discuss the three major patterns of agriculture in the region (Swidden in the Uplands, Plantation Agriculture and Rice in the Lowlands).
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Q 88Q 88
What factors contributed to the origin and course of the Vietnam War? What were the important effects of the war on neighboring countries, and with what results?
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Q 89Q 89
Explain in depth the current geopolitical issues in Southeast Asia, particularly ethnic tensions and religious conflicts
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Q 90Q 90
Forty years ago, the Philippines was the most highly developed Southeast Asian country and was considered to have a very bright economic future. However, by the 1980s and 1990s the Philippines' economy took a downturn. Please explain the factors that contributed to this nation's economic change.
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Q 91Q 91
What is the Golden Triangle? Explain how it has changed and evolved over the years to meet the needs of the changing illegal drug trade.
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Q 92Q 92
Pick two countries in Southeast Asia and describe and explain their economic growth (or lack thereof)over the last three or so decades.
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