Southeast Asia

Vocabulary

100

animism

What is the belief that all things have a spirit

200

genocide

What is systematic killing of a race or ethnic group

300

culture system

What is Dutch forced villagers to set aside 1/5 of their land

400

archipelago

What is chain of islands

500

encomiendas

What is Spanish colonists demanded taxes and labor

Physical Features

100

monsoon

What is seasonal wind that brings rain in the summer and cool dry air in the winter

200

resources

What is one main reason for European colonization

300

peninsular and island

What is the nations of Southeast Asia are either

400

Rice

What is the main crop of most countries in Southeast Asia

500

ring of fire

What is chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

Early History

100

Pagan

What is tributary state of China

200

Khmer

What is early people of current day Cambodia

300

Vietnam

Controlled by China for more than 1000 years

400

China and India

What is most of Southeast Asian culture was influenced by

500

Subsistence farming

What is type of farming in Southeast Asia prior to European involvement

Europeans

100

Dutch

What is removed Portuguese control

200

French

What is created colony called Indochina

300

Strait of Malacca

What is strategic water way...linked Indian and Pacific Oceans

400

Spain

What is Colonized Philippines

500

Thailand

What is was able to remain independent from European rule

War/Conflict

100

Ist Indochina war

What is war agianst French rule of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos

200

Ho Chi Minh

What is Communist revolutionary who led North Vietnam

300

Gulf of Tonkin

What is increased US involvement in Vietnam Conflict

400

Pol Pot

What is leader of Khmer Rouge

500

Nixon

What is US president at the end of the Vietnam Conflict