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information is for the test on friday in PreAP World Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Australia was first inhabited 42,000-48,000 years ago. True or false | True |
| Australian Settlers years ago first came from _________ possibly over ____________ or __________. | South East Asia; Land bridges and Small Waterways |
| Australia was found in ______ by the ________. | 1606; Dutch |
| Australia became a ____________ in _____. | British Penal Colony (prison) ; 1788 |
| true or false Diseases killed a large portion of Aboriginals | true |
| When did Australia gain its independence? | January 1, 1901 |
| What does the year 1986 mean for Australia? | 1986 is the year that Australia cut government ties with the U.K. |
| NAME THIS EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN AUSTRALIA: -Removal of Aboriginal children from their families by government & missionaries -some people believed it was genocide | Stolen Generation |
| What Act in Australia gave Aboriginal people the right to claim land in Northern Territory? | Land Rights Act of 1976 |
| The Australian Government formally apologized for the Stolen Generation in what year? | 2008 |
| What country has the 13th largest military expenditure? | Australia |
| What country has the largest economy? | Australia |
| true or false Australia is a developing country. | False, Australia is Highly developed |
| What country has the 5th highest per capita income? | Australia |
| What country is larger than the country of France? (lesson 1 chapter 31) | Myanmar |
| what country is almost as large as the entire United Kingdom? (lesson 1 chapter 31) | Laos |
| What percent of volcanoes are in the Ring of Fire? | 75% |
| What country has the largest concentration of active volcanoes in the world? | Indonesia |
| What landform serves as a natural border for many countries/islands? | Mountains |
| What is SouthEast Asia's most dominant waterway? | Pacific Ocean |
| What are the 5 major rivers on the mainland? | Mekong(Danube of South East Asia), Red River, Irrawaddy, Salween, Chao Phraya. |
| What river is the longest river in South East Asia and the 7th longest in Asia? | The Mekong river flow through the countries of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam |
| What country did the Dutch colonize? | Indonesia |
| What country did Portugal colonize? | East Timor |
| What country/countries did the British colonize? | Burma(now Myanmar), Malaysia, and several islands of the South China Sea. |
| Spain colonized what country? | Phillippines |
| Where is South East Asia's population center? | Java (an island in Indonesia) |
| What country is the 4th most populous country in the world? | Indonesia |
| The greatest ethnic diversities are found in the ______? | Island countries |
| The Maori's where what kind of people? And what country where they from? | Polynesian; New Zealand |
| In the 1870's the British settled in what country? | New Zealand |
| What percent of the population in New Zealand is Maori? | 10% |
| What percentage of New Zealand's population live on the North Island? | 75% |
| New Zealand and Australia share what kind of government? | Constitutional Monarchies with Parliamentary systems |
| What has the largest pre-industrialized civilization? | Angkor- seat of Khmer Empire in Cambodia |
| Most famous and best preserved temple in Angkor (First Hindu, now Buddhist)???????? | Angkor Wat |
| Why is the date of November 9, 1953 important to Cambodia? | This is the date that Cambodia gained independence from France |
| What is the religion in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia? | Buddhism |
| Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge? | Pol Pot |
| What did Pol Pot issue in the Khmer Rouge? | No families, no education, no religion |
| 1/5-1/3 of cambodians died from what? | overworking, starvation, execution |
| Agriculture has a growing economy of______???? | Agriculture, Tourism, Textiles, oil found and drilling that began in 2013 |
| Indonesia has the most active _______ region in the world? | Volcanic region in the world |
| Who explored Indonesia & for what reason? | The Europeans explored Indonesia for spices |
| What colony set up the spice trade? | The DUTCH colony set up the spice trade |
| What year did Indonesia gain independence from the Dutch? | Indonesia gained Independence from the Dutch in 1949 |
| What type of government was Indonesia until the year of 2004 where they became Republic? | Military based government |
| What country has the largest Muslim population in the world? | Indonesia |
| What countries are part of the Economic Tiger Cub? | Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam |
| East Timor has the languages of_________? | Portuguese and Tetum |
| What country is 97% Roman Catholic? | East Timor |
| What country has a literacy rate of 58.6% | East Timor |
| East Timor has an Economy of _______? | Subsistence Agriculture |
| East Timor had a _______ colony for 450 years? | Portuguese |
| East Timor gained independence in the year of _____?? | 1975 |
| Indonesia's military took over what country in 1976?? | East Timor |
| What country is 89% Buddhist?? | Myanmar |
| 68% of Myanmar's ethnic group is ________ and speak __________?? | Burman: Burmese |
| 1947: "Father of Modern Burma" | General Aung San |
| What did General Aung San achieve? | -Fought for Independence from British -Started Burma's Communist Party |
| What country used to have the name of Burma? | Myanmar |
| Who was Myanmar's leader from 1992-2011 | Than Shwe |
| Who was held under house arrest for 15 of the 24 years and most citizens love her and praise her and think of her as an angel in Myanmar and elected into Parliament in the year of 2012? | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| What kind of economy does Vietnam have? | Free Market Economy |
| What country is the 2nd largest exporter of Opium? | Myanmar |
| Who is the current president in Myanmar? | Htin Kyaw |
| Vietnam has the highest minority of _______? | Chinese |
| 77% of Singapore's population was _______? | Chinese |
| __________ founded in 1966 to promote regional economic development? provides international loans to aid economy. Support agricultural, transpiration, and industrial development projects. | Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) | formed in 1967 to promote regional stability. formed by the countries of Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand |
| What country became the first country in the world to legally recognize women's right to vote, including Maori women in 1893? | New Zealand |
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