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Ms. H AP Human Test Prep Countries
South, East, and Southeast Asia; South Pacific (SORRY FOR TYPOS!!) Faith Padgett
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Geography
9th Grade
05/08/2016

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Term
Bangladesh
Definition

E - focus on agriculture and textile industries, there is large growth

S - people are Bengali, they speak Bengla, and are Islamic. There is a lack of infrastrucutre

P - parliamentary republic

N - deforestation is a threat, water is at risk

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India
Definition

E - agriculture, cottage industry, caste system based on economic status

S - social classes constructed by caste, many people are Hindu, speak Hindu and English

P - most populous democracy

N - face pollution issues due to overcrowding/overpopulation

Term
aPakistan
Definition

E - agriculture and industry

S - speak Urdu, struggle with lack of education, six main ethnic groups

P - parliamentary republic

N - deforestation and water contamination are concerns

Term
Sri Lanka
Definition

E - export graphite, semi-precious and precious stone, focus on agriculture

S - Buddhist and Hindu, Sinhalese and Tamil

P - Republic

N - deforestation, poaching

Term
Bhutan
Definition

E - electricity, timber, agriculture

S - Tibetan dialects, Buddhism, Hinduism

P - constitutional monarchy

N - soil erosion, lack of clean water

Term
Nepal
Definition

E - iron and steel, textiles, vegetables

S - Nepali, but business transactions are done through English; Buddhist

P - federal democratic republic

N - deforestation, contaminated water, pollution, poaching

Term
China
Definition

E - electrical supplies, clothing, manufactured goods

S - Mandarin, Taoist, Buddhist, Confucianist, emphasis on education, most populated country

P - communist state

N - pollution

Term
Mongolia
Definition

E - textiles, copper

S - Mongolian, Buddhism, atheism 

P - parliamentary

N - steppe, semi-desert and desert; limited freshwater, urbanization, generation of energy

Term
North Korea
Definition

E - minerals and metals, agriculture

S - Korean, atheist 

P - communist

N - water pollution, deforestation, soil erosion

Term
South Korea
Definition

E - electric products, machinery

S - Korean, Christian, Buddhist

P - republic

N - air/water pollution, acid rain

Term
Japan
Definition

E - vehicles, computer parts

S - Japanese, Shinto and Buddhist

P - parliamentary government with constitutional monarchy

N - air pollution, fish stocks

Term
Taiwan
Definition

E - electronics, machinery

S - Mandarin, Taiwanese, Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist

P - multiparty democracy

N - air/water pollution, raw sewage

Term
Brunei
Definition

E - crude oil, natural gas

S - Malay, English, Chinese, Muslim

P - constitutional sultanate

N - seasonal smokoe/haze, forest fires

Term
Cambodia
Definition

E - clothing, timber, rubber

S - Khmer, Thereveda Buddhist

P - multiparty democracy under constitutional monarchy

N - illegal logging, habitat loss, declining biodiversity, soil erosion, lack of water

Term
East Timor
Definition

E - coffee, marble

S - Tetum and Portuguese, English and Indonesian; Roman Catholic

P - republic

N - slash and burn has led to deforestation and soil erosion

Term
Indonesia
Definition

E - oil and gas, plywood, textile

S - Indonesian, Muslim

P - republic

N - deforestation, water/air pollution, 

Term
Laos
Definition

E - timber, coffee, gold, clothing, copper

S - Lao, French; Buddhist, animist

P - communist state, terrorism and political turmoil

N - deforestation, soil erosion, lack of water access

Term
Malaysia
Definition

E - electronic equipment, petroleum, wood, textile

S - Malay, English, Chinese dialects, Tamil; Muslim

P - constitutional monarchy with political turmoil

N - air/water pollution, deforestation

Term
Myanmar (Burma)
Definition

E - teak, pulses and beans, fish, prawns

S - Burmese, indigenous ethnic languages; Buddhist

P - parliamentary government, acts of terrorism

N - deforestation, industrial pollution of air/soil/water

Term
Philippines
Definition

E - elecrical machinery, clothing, food, timber products

S - Filipino, English; Roman Catholic

P - republic, some terrorism

N - deforestation, soil erosion, air and water pollution

Term
Singapore
Definition

E - computer equipment, machinery, rubber

S - English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil; Buddhist

P - parliamentary republic

N - industrial pollution, limited freshwater, smoke from forest fires, 

Term
Thailand
Definition

E - rice, seafood, live animals, textiles, rubber

S - Thai; Buddhist

P - constitutional monarchy, some terrorism

N - air pollution from vehicles, water pollution, deforestation, soil erosion

Term
Vietnam
Definition

E - petroleum, rice, coffee, clothing, fish

S - Vietnamese; atheist

P - communist state

N - deforestatin and soil degradation from slash-and-burn, water pollution, overfishing, lack of potable water

Term
Fiji
Definition

E - sugar, clothing, gold, fish, timber

S - English, Fijian, Hindi; Christianity, Hinduism, Islam

P - some terrorism, republic

N - deforestation, soil erosion

Term
New Caldonia
Definition

E - nickel, prawns

S - French, Melynesian and Polynesian dialects; Christianity, indigenous beliefs

P - parliamentary representative democracy

N - erosion caused by mining exploitation and forest fires

Term
Papua New Guinea
Definition

E - gold, petroleum, copper, coffee, palm oil, logs

S - English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu; Christianity, indigenous beliefs

P - constitutional parliamentary democracy with a commonwealth realm; some terrorism

N - deforestation due to tropical timber demand, pollution from mining, severe drought

Term
Solomon Islands
Definition

E - timber, fish, palm oil

S - English, Melanesian dialects; Christianity

P - parliamentary democracy with a commonwealth realm

 N - deforestation, soil erosion, death of coral reefs

Term
Vanuatu
Definition

E - copra, timber, beef, cocoa

S - Bislama, French, English; Christianity

P - parliamentary republic

N - lack of water access, deforestation

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