SOUTHEAST ASIA
What group of people built Angkor Wat?
Khmer
Name 1 way the Maori practiced sustainability:
Maori created food storage pits, storehouses on stilts, and kelp bags to preserve food.
Maori used the natural resources of New Zealand — such as flax for cloaks, or bones for spears
Out of the 3 groups of Pacific Islands, name 1.
Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia
The 2 big major neighbors of Southeast Asia are what?
India and China
Which is the largest major religion to spread through Southeast Asia?
Buddhism
What is Indianization?
Indian cultural influence in Southeast Asia
What is the haka?
A Maori ceremonial dance
Name 2 cultural practices of Pacific Island people.
making stick charts, double-hulled canoes, or star compasses, making fishermen’s shrines and fish tiki, tattooing
Out of the 3 regions we studied- Pacific islands, Australia/ New Zealand, Southeast Asia, This are is located the farthest west?
Southeast Asia
Srivijaya was a thalassocracy, what is a thalassocracy?
a state that controls a large area of sea:
a maritime empire
Funan was Southeast Asia’s first major state, existing when?
from the 1st to 6th centuries CE.
Give one example of what Aboroginal Rock Art might show:
They created stories about commonly or rarely seen animals.
They showed gatherings in specific places on the land in their art.
Their stories and art showed features of the land.
They showed spirits that created or inhabited the land.
What is wayfinding?
The art of navigation without using instrumentation. Involves knowledge of the sky,ocean, weather.
What is the significance of the Mekong River?
The river takes soil from the mountains, and bring it through the valleys. As a result, the river valleys are fertile farmland. People have lived in these valleys and cultivated the land for thousands of years. They are where urban centers emerged.
Angkor Wat, temple complex at Angkor, in present day Cambodia was built during a 37 year span. Name 1 of the years it was being built:
1113-1150 CE
The Khmer are an indigenous ethnic group of people with a very long history of settlement, mainly located in which present day country?
Cambodia
What is the Dreamtime?
The time of world-creation for Aboriginal Australians, when mythic beings shaped the landscape and social order
What are the 2 main food sources of pacific Islanders?
the food crops they farmed, and the sea creatures they harvested from the waters
What is 1 example of Hydraulic Engineering that shaped the geography of the land in Southeast Asia?
erraced rice fields in the Philippines.
Irrigation systems in ancient Cambodia.
Water management in various states such as canals and reservoirs.
Chiefs of the Pacific Islands had what main responsibility?
to protect the community’s well-being first and foremost.
What is 1 factor that helped Srivijaya to thrive?
Strategic location for trade in Southeast Asia.
Controlled important maritime routes.
Benefited from the wealth of the region
What are the 3 colors of the Aboriginal flag?
Black, Red, Yellow
Fishing technology included hooks, lures, lines, nets, basket traps, and spears. In the Marquesas Islands, archaeologists have discovered these fish hooks dating back about how many years?
800 years
This country of the regions we've studied is located the farthest to the south:
New Zealand
Aboriginal Australians practiced careful stewardship - what is the definition of steward?
steward
one who protects or manages land or property