Southeast Asia
Forms of Governance
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Geography
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Political Geography
100
Long thin coastal state which shares borders with Laos, Cambodia and China,
What is Vietnam?
100
The two types of governance used by states around the world? 
What are federal and unitary states?
100
Allowing smaller units of government more autonomy and power. Not to be confused with completely fragmenting into separate nation-states.
What is devolution?
100
sparsely populated region in South South America between Chile and Argentina.
What is Patagonia?
100
The term used to describe the reduced interaction between location and people as a result of distance.
What is distance decay?
100
A local region with a nation/state which vote for a representative in congress.
What is a voting district?
200
2 small tiny city-states within the State of Malaysia.
What are Singapore and Brunei?
200
A decentralized government structure. Governance allows for shared powers between national assembly and local assemblies within the state.
What is a federal state?
200
The term used to describe the effect when many ethnic groups in one state desire for more political power.
What is ethnic separatism?
200
Strait (maritime chokepoint) which connects Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
What is Strait of Gibraltar?
200
The dominant language spoken and understood by most people.
What is Lingua Franca?
200
Oddly shaped districts attempting to favor one political party.
What is gerrymandering?
300
This strait sees over 23 million barrels of oil pass through this chokepoint near Sundanland region or Malaysia.
What is strait of Malacca?
300
State power is structured only in a centralized government, usually in an assembly inside a capital city.
What is a unitary form of governance.
300
The deliberate removal and/or killing of certain groups/nations of people. ex. Jewish holocaust, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda genocide.
What is ethnic cleansing?
300
One of the most important maritime chokepoint which connects the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea in the Middle East.
What is Strait of Hormuz?
300
This religion type calls for as many people to join as it is not tied to a particular ethnic group.
What are universalizing religions?
300
separating voters from the oppositional party into many districts to dilute their influence in elections.
What is cracking?
400
This country has a predominantly population who practice Buddhism 90% and about 5% Muslim. The capital city is Bangkok.
What is Thailand?
400
Federal states tend to be this in terms of number of nations and ethnic groups.
What is diverse, or multiethnic?
400
A boundary which has been put in place by a colonial power and ignores cultural and national groups.
What are superimposed boundaries?
400
Critical chokepoint between East China and South China Sea critical to trade from East Asia. 
What is Strait of Taiwan?
400
Density type which can determine how much undue pressure a population is putting on farm land.
What is physiological density?
400
When population changes and the need to adjust representation is known as this. It happens usually after a census.
What is reapportionment?
500
These 2 south east Asian countries is home to over 150 million Muslims combined. Other high % muslim population in south east Asia are Singapore and Brunei
What are Malaysia and Indonesia?
500
Small, isolated states tend to structure their government as a unitary state. Also because of this demographic factor where most people follow a single culture.
What is homogenous?
500
A boundary with barriers and a wall is described with this term. 
What is a demarcated boundary?
500
Geometric boundary 38th parallel is the border between which two East Asia countries. It is not a relic boundary.
What are North Korea and South Korea?
500
Stage in DTM in which there is a steady NIR, with low birth rates and low death rates.
What is stage 4?
500
Concentrating oppositional party voters into a few districts.
What is packing?
600
This country is mostly located in the Bengal region and is the most densely populated country in the world 171 million people live in roughly 57,000 square miles.
What is Bangladesh?
600
Japan uses this form of governance.
What is unitary state?
600
India, Pakistan and China all claim part of the Kashmir region. It is known as this type of boundary dispute.
What is locational/territorial?
600
Two very important regions in North America. One is a long stretch of mostly flat land extending from Canada into parts of Texas. The other includes Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia
What are the Great Plains and Deep South?
600
In the Epidemiological transition this accounts for the diseases and death related illness in stage 3 & 4.
What are degenartive diseases and delayed degenerative disease? (strokes, heart failure, diabetes, etc.)