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What is Latitude?
The angular distance of a place north or south of the equator.
What is Climate Change?
A change in global or regional climate patterns.
What is the capital of Myanmar (Burma)?
Naypyitaw
With what country do Vietnam, Laos and MyanmarBurma) share a border?
China
Throughout most of the summer, Vietnam is in the grip of a _______________.
mansoon
What is Longitude?
The angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian.
What are the Himalayas?
The Himalayas form a mountain range in Asia. The range has many of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
What sea lies between the Philippines and Vietnam?
South China Sea
A monsoon is when the wind changes direction according to the season. The _ brings warm damp air _wards from the equator.
summer, northwards
What is a Monsoon?
A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon)or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon).
What is a Glacier?
A slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the build up and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi
What countries border Thailand?
Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Laos
The mountains of the central region force this air to rise and cool, bringing heavy __.
Rain
What is a prevailing wind?
A wind from the direction that is predominant or most usual at a particular place or season.
What is Infrastructure?
The basic physical structure and facilities(eg. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society.
What is the capital of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
What is the capital of Laos?
Vientiane
The winter brings ___, drier air from china, so it hardly rains at all.
colder
What is a Tourist?
A person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure.
What is Currency?
A system of money in general use in a particulary country. Ex. AED
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
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