The Land
What is the collision of tectonic plates?
What is millions of years old?
Bangkok Thailand is a __________ city because it is an economic center, the country's capital and a major port.
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An 800 year old Khmer temple.
What is Angkor Wat?
When farmers practice _____________, they cut a forest to plant crops for a short time.
What is shifting cultivation?
What is north to south?
Climate that dominates the region of Southeast Asia
What is tropical wet?
Country with the greatest population density in Southeast Asia
Dominant European powers in the region during the early 1900s
What are the Netherlands and France?
Economic growth in Southeast Asia has slowed because of political instability, a lack of technology and skills, and rapid _____________ growth.
What is population?
Area that includes Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor, part of Malaysia and Brunei
What is the Malay Archipelago?
Southeast Asia city with tropical rainforest in its boundaries
What is Singapore?
Tiny country on the north coast of Borneo
What is Brunei?
Roman Catholic region that broke from Indonesia and became independent
What is East Timor?
The amount of rice grown in a region depends upon ____________ and irrigation.
What is rainfall?
Area that includes Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar
What is the Indochina Peninsula?
Type of forest found in highlands of Borneo, New Guinea, and Myanmar
What is deciduous?
The _________________ River forms the border between Thailand and Laos.
What is the Mekong?
Early settlers of the Malaysian peninsula
Who were the Malays?
Southeast Asia's major food source
What is rice?
How many islands make up Indonesia?
What is 13,500?
Rainfall in a tropical wet climate averages _____________ inches annually.
What is 79-188?
One of the most densely populated islands in the world.
What is Java?
Southeast Asian country ruled by invading Chinese, 111 B.C. to A.D. 900
What is Vietnam?
In areas of Southeast Asia with a dry season, farmers grow ________________ for food crops.
What are corn, yams, and bananas?