SE Asia study questions
E) none of the above
4. Which of the following statements is false?
A) The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics.
B) Compared to neighboring realms, Southeast Asia has a relatively low population
density.
C) The river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated.
D) Southeast Asia is culturally fragmented.
E) All of the above are correct.
5. Southeast Asia, compared to the realm dominated by the Indian subcontinent, is:
A) less densely populated
B) more densely populated than India and possesses a much lower standard of living
C) very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas
D) entirely a remnant of the British colonial empire in Asia
E) much less affected by Chinese immigration
6. Half of Southeast Asia’s population lives in which two countries?
A) Indonesia and Singapore
B) Indonesia and the Philippines
C) Vietnam and the Philippines
D) Malaysia and Myanmar
E) Malaysia and Thailand
7. Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas?
A) lower valleys of major rivers
B) deltas of major rivers
C) zones of plantation development in Malaysia
D) areas of volcanic soil in the islands
E) interior highland regions
8. Agriculture in Southeast Asia is limited by:
A) desert conditions
True/False
61. The city-state commanding access to the strategic Strait of Malacca is Hong Kong.
62. Like Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia is a region of great cultural complexity that merits the label shatter belt.
63. Southeast Asia can be considered a buffer zone as well as a shatter belt.
64. The total population of Southeast Asia is relatively modest compared to the populations of India and China.
65. The population of Southeast Asia tends to be evenly spread over the realm’s fragmented land area.
66. The island of Jawa (Java) is one of the world’s most intensively cultivated areas, owing to its rich volcanic soils.
67. The mountains to the north of mainland Southeast Asia have hindered travel into the region.
68. The Khmer people form the majority of the population in Cambodia.
69. The term Malaysia refers only to those former British protectorates on the mainland.
70. The United States acquired the Philippines from Japan at the end of World War II.
71. Dutch colonialism eventually united over 17,000 islands into one state.
72. The Philippines’ last colonial master, which granted the country independence in 1946, was the United States.
73. The island of Singapore was a British colony.
74. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country.
75. In Singapore, the Chinese constitute more than 75% of the population.
76. In boundary creation, the delimitation stage precedes the demarcation stage.
77. Antecedent boundaries are decided before significant settlement of an area occurs.
78. Subsequent boundaries are decided after significant settlement of an area occurs.
79. The boundary between Singapore and Malaysia is known as a relict boundary.
80. Vietnam constitutes an elongated state.
81. Cochin China was the name of the French colonial stronghold centered on the Mekong Delta of the former country of South Vietnam.
82. More than half of Vietnam’s population was born after the Indochina War.
83. North and South Vietnam were united in 1976.
84. Vietnam has more than one core area.
85. Cambodia is a good example of an elongated state.
86. Laos is Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country.
87. The heart of Thailand lies in the Chao Phraya River basin.
88. Myanmar, unlike other Southeast Asian nations, has no ethnic minorities.
89. The Kayin (Karen), a people living in the proruption of Burma, wish to create an autonomous area within Burma.
90. East Malaysia includes Sarawak and Sabah.
91. Singapore lies on the Straits of Malacca.
92. People of Chinese descent make up a large of the population of Singapore.
93. In Singapore, the Chinese constitute more than 75% of the population.
94. Singapore has an authoritarian government and a market economy.
95. A state whose national territory consists of two or more separated parts is prorupt.
96. The island of Jawa (Java) became the focus of Netherlands administration in Southeast Asia.
97. Indonesia has ended its policy of transmigration which involved the resettlement of Jawanese to other islands.
98. Manila is located on the island of Mindanao.
99. There is a Muslim-based insurgency in the southern islands of Indonesia.
100. The two largest islands in the Philippines are Luzon and Mindanao.
 
Fill-in-the-blank
101. The boundary-type that is defined and delimited before the main elements of its cultural landscape begin to develop is known as a(n) ____________.
102. Both Thailand and Myanmar are examples of states whose territorial morphologies can be classified as __________.
103. The communist leader who founded modern North Vietnam and after whom the capital of reunited Vietnam (formerly Saigon) was renamed in 1976 was __________.
104. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) lies in the delta region of the _______________ River.
105. Countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia, whose territory consists of numerous parts separated by water and/or foreign territory, are called __________ states by political geographers.
106. The world’s most populous Islamic country is ______________.
107. Banda Aceh, the city most devastated by the 2004 tsunami, is located on the Indonesian island of _______________.
108. The megacity that is the capital of Indonesia is ______________.
109. Papua, the Indonesian province that lies in the Pacific Realm, is located on the island of _______________.
110. The most important island of the Philippines, which contains the capital of Manila, is called __________.