Question 1

Which country of Southeast Asia has been troubled by tensions from its orthodox Muslim region known as Aceh?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thailand 
B)  the Philippines 
C)  Indonesia 
D)  Singapore 
E)  Vietnam

Question 2

Why was Indonesia so poor when it gained its independence from the Dutch in 1949?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indonesia had no marketable products. 
B)  Indonesia had accumulated high levels of international debt. 
C)  It suffered several years of drought and famine. 
D)  Civil war drained resources and stifled manufacturing. 
E)  The Dutch had used Indonesia largely for its tropical crops and invested little in transportation, health, or education in Indonesia.

Question 3

According to your textbook,what factor causes Southeast Asia's role in climate change to be larger than it appears at first glance?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Within Southeast Asia,transmigration is most commonly practiced in Indonesia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What environmental damage(s)is(are)often caused by logging in Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  erosion 
B)  destruction of wildlife habitat 
C)  smoke pollution as cut-over land is burned 
D)  increased flooding 
E)  All of the choices are correct

Question 6

The Khorat Plateau is composed of __________,and is found in ___________ Southeast Asia

Accepted Answer

A)  granite; insular 
B)  limestone; mainland 
C)  volcanic soil; insular 
D)  sandstone; mainland 
E)  coral; insular

Question 7

What country is the newest country in Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  East Timor 
B)  Burma (Myanmar) 
C)  Cambodia 
D)  Malaysia 
E)  Indonesia

Question 8

What are the three farming patterns that are found in Southeast Asia,and generally where are each of these patterns found?

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Question 9

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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Question 10

What is(are)the main cause(s)of Burma's (Myanmar's)lack of economic development?

Accepted Answer

A)  internal warfare 
B)  an international economic embargo 
C)  economic policy 
D)  a lack of resources and economic policy 
E)  internal warfare and economic policy

Question 11

Swidden agriculture

Accepted Answer

A)  has benefited significantly from logging operations. 
B)  is most common on coastal plains. 
C)  works best in regions of high population density. 
D)  usually relies on monocrop production. 
E)  depletes soil nutrients within a few years.

Question 12

Plantation agriculture in Southeast Asia

Accepted Answer

A)  focused primarily on rice in the early part of the twentieth century, however rice is no longer grown on plantations in Southeast Asia. 
B)  now often focuses on specialty crops like pineapples or rubber. 
C)  was not prominent historically, however it has been growing in importance in recent decades. 
D)  is no longer practiced to any significant extent in Malaysia. 
E)  remains as it was 100 years ago.

Question 13

Which of the following is relatively common in Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  major conurbations 
B)  a megalopolis 
C)  counterurbanization 
D)  primate cities 
E)  gentrification

Question 14

Fifty 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 sharp downturn.Explain the factors that contributed to this nation's economic change.

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Question 15

What country of Southeast Asia has the region's lowest total fertility rate--a rate so low (below replacement level)that without immigration,its population will begin to decline?

Accepted Answer

A)  Burma 
B)  Cambodia 
C)  Malaysia 
D)  Vietnam 
E)  Singapore

Question 16

What type of climate dominates in most of insular Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

In Southeast Asia temperatures are high year-round throughout most of the region,and rainfall is generally plentiful,but varies from place to place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following phrases best describes the linguistic geography of Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are five distinct languages, and each one can be placed in a different language group. 
B)  There are several hundred distinct languages that can be placed into five major linguistic groups. 
C)  There are five languages, and they are all in the same language group. 
D)  Each island has its own unique language family. 
E)  Because there are so many languages in this region, ASEAN has required that everyone in the region learn English.

Exam 13: Southeast Asia