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100
What are the 2 types of Pacifc Islands?
High and Low
100
What is assimilation?
Pressuring people to give up their culture to adopt another culture
100
True or False: Southeast Asia is home to only a few different languages
False - the region is home to hundreds of languages
100
What is a monopoly?
Having total control of the market
100
What is adventure tourism and how does it help the economies of Australia, Antarctica, and the Pacific Realm?
Participating in actvities in remote areas that involve active enjoyment of the physical environment; adventure tourists spend billions of dollars in these countries
200
What is unique or different about Australia?
It is an island, a continent, and a country
200
Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?
It feared the North Vietnam would spread communism in the region
200
What term is used when people fish for only what they need to live?
Subsistence fishing
200
What is allowing people of Malaysia more access to information?
Access to the internet - their government can't control the internet like they've controlling other media
200
What is the name for a treaty that limits taxes on exports between two or more countries?
Free trade agreement
300
How does Antarctica's climate compare to the climate on the other 6 continents?
It is colder and higher elevated than any other continent
300
How did the first people probable get to Australia?
Traveled by sea or land bridge from Asia
300
What is happening because of a long drought in Australia?
Growth of urban populations - people who used to live in the interior are moving to coasts to live in cities
300
What what two decisions is the government of Malaysia working to balance?
Whether to cut down the rainforest and use the land to grow crops, or keep the rainforest to attract tourists
300
What barrier to global trade have Australia and its neighbors had to overcome?
Distance from outside trade partners
400
What is geothermal energy?
Energy from heat generated by the planet
400
What caused many immigrants to go to Australia in the 1850s?
The discovery of gold
400
Why do people on teh low islands do moe fishing than farming?
Low islands often have little rainfall
400
What are fragmented countries and what could be some issues faced by their governments?
Countries that are phusically divided into separate parts; creating a sense of nationhood and unity, language and culture barriers; enforcing laws on the farther smaller islands
400
What geographic characteristic helped Singapore succeed economically
Location by a port and trade routes
500
Compare/contrast the climates of Antarctica, Australia, and the Pacific Realm
Antarctica - cold, dry, not many people Australia - dry (arid), Outback Desert, more humid near coasts Pacific Realm - tropical, rainfall on high islands
500
What is one reason the population of Aborigines in Australia declined so much?
Europeans pushed them off of their land, they got sick from different diseases
500
How has Southeast Aisan culture been influenced by other parts of the world?
India and China wanted to control the area for trade, they brought Hinduism and Buddhism; European countries colonized the area and brought Christianity; Arab traders brought Islam
500
What is relocation? List one positive and one negative of it
Forcing people to move from the larger more central islands to the smaller farther islands; it could help spread the official language, but there have been cultural conflicts and the new arrivals struggle to farm and support themselvs
500
What is APEC, list 5 members, and how does it help trade in the world?
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; strengthens economic ties and trade alliances among its members - Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, China, Japan, U.S., Mexico, Peru, Chile; helps these countries compete in the global economy and establish free trade agreements