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| The Association of Southeast Asian Nations; a geopolitical group linking together the ten states of Southeast Asia; excluding East Timor |
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| How long have the Karen people been in rebellion for? against who? |
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| What is the rough population of the Karen? |
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| When did the British colonial rule begin? |
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| What did British and American missionaries convert the Karens to? By what percentage? |
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| 30% converted to Protestant christianity |
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| What is the difference between "burmese" and "Burmans"? |
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| the burmese refers all the inhabitants of Burma; Burmans refer to the countries dominant burmese-speaking group |
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| How did the Karen support their rebellion? |
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| by smuggling goods between Thailand and Burma (rubies and sapphires) |
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| What was critical to Burma's success having overrun the Karen territory? |
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| their agreement with Thailand to prevent Karens to find refuge on the Thai side of the border |
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| Why is deforestation common in southeast Asia? |
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| forests are cut so wood products can be exported around the world |
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| Initially who were the main importers for SE asia? Whose the newer one? |
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| Japan, Europe and America were the main; china is new |
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| when did china ban logging? |
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| What state in Southeast Asia has been the leading exporte for tropical hardwood? |
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| What is the largest country in SE Asia? How much of the regions forest area does it have? |
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| Indonesia; 2/3s of the regions forest |
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| What factors led to the regions air pollution disaster of the late 1990s? |
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1. Insular SE Asia suffered from the El Nino drought
2. Commerical forest cutting
3. the rapidly growing cities |
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| What is the southern part of SE Asia known as? |
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| What is the longest river in the area? the second lnngest? |
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| the Mekong is the first, the Irrawaddy is the second |
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| the seasonally shifting winds |
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| what areas of SE Asia are most affected by the monsoon? |
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| What does insular southeast Asia have that makes it subject to natural disasters like earthquakes and tsnamis? |
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| How many islands does the Phillipines have? |
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| hurricanes that bring strong wind and torrential rain |
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| Regardless of the 500 million people population, why is SE Asia still sparsly settled? |
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| infertile soil and rugged mountains |
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| Where are fertile soils widely spread? |
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| What are three farming methods apparently practiced by SE Asia? |
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swidden in the upland areas, plantation agriculture in lowland
rice cultivation in the lowlands |
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| What is the swidden system similiar to? |
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| slash and burn agriculture |
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| what is the swidden system? |
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| small plots of several acres of forest are periodically cut by hand and burned. The plots are abandaned and the farmers move on to another plot. |
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| What does it mean--Shifting situation? |
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| when the swidden system starts all over again in another plot after the more recent plot is abandaned |
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| What are two reasons why the swidden system is threatened today? |
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1. It can't support the increasing population
2. it's harmed by commerical logging, which destroys the nutrients it produces |
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| What is one of the main cash crops? what is it grown for? |
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| opium for the global drug trade |
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| what do the people switch too when swidden is no longer useful? |
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| What is the Golden Triangle? |
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| a mountainous region that is used for the growth of cash crops for the drug trade |
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| What are five plantation crops? |
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| 1. tea, 2. coffee, 3. cocunut, 4. rubber, 5. palm oil |
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| What is a major cash crop of the phillipines? |
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| Where is rubber produced? |
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| malaysia, indonesia and thailand |
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| Who is the leading producer of tea in the SE asian area? |
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| Who dominates the producation of coffee? |
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| What is the third most populous country in SE Asia? |
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| Where is the highest fertility rate found? |
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| What is the largest country in SE AsiA? |
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| what is transmigration? whose has the most explicit policy for it? |
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| the relocation of the population from one region to another; indonesia |
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| single, large urban settlements |
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| what is the largest city in Malaysia? |
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| What are the four major religions of the SE Asia region? |
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| Hinduism, buddism, Islam, and Christianity |
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| where is hinduism most common? |
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| What beliefs are vietnam centered around? |
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| Buddhism and Confucianism |
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| Where is Muslim most celebrated? |
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| Where in SE Asia is animism common? |
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| another name for common trade language |
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| When did Indonesia become an independant country? |
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| what country in SE Asia was never subjected to colonial rule? |
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| What are the four official languages of Singapore? |
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| English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil |
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| Who was the first to become a state? |
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| Who were the first Europeans to arrive at the beginning of the colonial era? |
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| wha is the domino theory? |
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| the theory that if vietnam fell to the communists, so would all of SE Asia |
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| what is a primary reason why countries of SE Asia have banded together under ASEAN? |
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| their concern for the rise in Chinese power |
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| What is the purpose of ASEAN? |
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| to address economic concerns and to encourage political cooperation between SE asia and foreign powers |
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| What is one of the biggest concerns for ASEAN? |
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| the persistance of international terrorist networks in the region |
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| What is the largest terrorist network? |
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| Who ruled the Phillipines from 1968 to 1986? |
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| what is a crony capitalism? |
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| where the presidents friends were given economic favors where the enemies were believed to have had their property taken |
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| What initiated the downfall of the Phillipines? |
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| when the dictator, Marcos, declared Marital law in 1972 and suspended democracy |
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| a city and port that specializes in transshipment of goods |
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| the name given to Native Malay |
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| Out of Africa, European region, and the SE Asian region, which has the least cultural influence? |
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| What three countries have been held back by corrupt governments? |
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| Cambodia, Laos, and Burma |
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| What is deforestation in SE Asia linked to? |
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| domestic population growth and changes in settlement patterns |
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