Exam 10: Southeast Asia

Which of the following is NOT an explanation for increased rates of HIV-AIDS infection in Southeast Asia?

Moving to the city shifts people away from the extended family and toward the nuclear family.

In general, Southeast Asia is expanding its links to the global economy.

Siam is today known as:

On which island is Brunei located?

Which country is NOT a member of ASEAN?

In the 1950s, the United States replaced what European colonial power in a war against Vietnamese nationalists?

All of Southeast Asia was independent by:

Where do modern descendants of the Australo-Melanesian settlers of Southeast Asia live today?

What belief system, typically subscribed to by rural subsistence cultivators and forest-dwelling peoples, is the only major religion that is native to Southeast Asia?

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the climate of Southeast Asia?

What Southeast Asian country was once a colony of the United States?

During the European colonial period in Southeast Asia, Spain was generally more tolerant of various religions than Portugal was.

Less than half of Southeast Asia's population now lives in cities.

The idea that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would follow was called the _____________ theory.

Most of what is today the country of Indonesia was controlled by what European power during the colonial era?

In general, rural areas of Southeast Asia tend to hold on to traditional ways longer than the cities do.

The Southeast Asian country known for the violent and bloody actions of the Khmer Rouge is:

Linguistic and cultural barriers tend to fade as people move out of rural areas and into cities.

Despite a long history of living together, many of the cultural groups in Southeast Asia have remained quite distinct.