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Which of the following dominates Southeast Asian physiography?

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high mountains and valleys

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Which of the following statements about the Southeast Asian Realm is false?

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The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated.

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Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is:

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less densely populated and more urbanized.

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Half of Southeast Asia's population lives in which two countries?

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Indonesia and the Philippines

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Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas?

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interior highland regions

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Agriculture in insular Southeast Asia is limited by:

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generally infertile tropical soils.

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Which country-river association is incorrect?

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Laos-Liao

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A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was:

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Thailand.

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Which of the following was not a part of French Indochina?

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Siam

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Which of the following European colonizer-Southeast Asian colony associations is incorrect?

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Netherlands-Brunei

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Which of the following countries was once part of British India?

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Myanmar (Burma)

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Which of the following islands was not colonized by the Dutch?

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Luzon

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Which of the following broke away from Malaysia to become a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia in 1965?

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Singapore

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What is the largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population?

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Indonesia

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Which ethnic group forms a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia?

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Chinese

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To what religion do most of the people in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia adhere?

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Buddhism

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Which of the following political entities is not located on the island of Borneo?

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East Timor

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During which stage is a boundary actually marked on the ground?

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demarcation

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What concept describes how destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas?

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Domino theory

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Which of the following is an example of a relict boundary?

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North and South Vietnam

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What term describes a boundary developing contemporaneously with a cultural landscape, and adjusting to linguistic, religious, and ethnic breaks?

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subsequent

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The genetic classification of boundaries interprets a boundary's function by examining:

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the evolution of the boundary as part of the cultural landscape they partition.

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Which country is the best example of an elongated state territorial configuration?

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Vietnam

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Saigon has been renamed after ___________, the communist leader who founded modern Vietnam:

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Ho Chi Minh

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Which country does not border Vietnam?

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Thailand

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What are the two core areas of Vietnam?

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Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

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What is the Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness?

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Cambodia

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Angkor Wat is located in which country?

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Cambodia

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The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of:

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Cambodia.

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The poorest state of the former Indochina is:

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Cambodia.

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Which of the following country-capital associations is false?

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Laos and Hanoi

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Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are:

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Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar.

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What Southeast Asian state is the best example of a protruded state?

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Thailand

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Where does the vast majority of Thailand's Muslim population live?

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border zone with Malaysia

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The insular region of Southeast Asia does not include:

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Laos.

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What Southeast Asian country is the best example of a prorupted state?

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Myanmar

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Which of the following is a former British colony?

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Myanmar

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What are the two states of East Malaysia?

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Sarawak and Sabah

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What is the name of the small, oil-rich Islamic sultanate of insular Southeast Asia?

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Brunei

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Which of the following best defines an archipelago?

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a chain of islands

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Indonesia is a state located:

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on more than 17,000 islands.

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On which island is the majority of Indonesia's population located?

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Jawa (Java)

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Which island is the westernmost island of Indonesia?

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Sumatera

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Which Indonesian island borders the Strait of Malacca?

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Sumatera

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Which island in insular Southeast Asia is known as as a mini-continent?

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Borneo

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The Philippines' two main islands in terms of population and size are:

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Mindanao and Luzon.

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Where is the Muslim stronghold in the Philippines located?

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the Sulu archipelago

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The world-city commanding access to the strategic Strait of Malacca is Hong Kong.

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False

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Like Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia is a region of great cultural complexity that merits the label shatter belt.

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True

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Southeast Asia can be considered a buffer zone as well as a shatter belt.

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True

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The total population of Southeast Asia is relatively modest compared to the populations of India and China.

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True

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The population of Southeast Asia tends to be evenly spread across the realm's fragmented land area.

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False

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The island of Jawa is one of the world's most intensively cultivated areas, owing to its rich volcanic soils.

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True

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The mountains to the north of mainland Southeast Asia have prevented governments from exerting complete control.

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True

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The Khmer people form the majority of the population in Cambodia.

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True

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The term Malaysia refers only to those former British protectorates on the mainland.

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False

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The United States acquired the Philippines from Japan at the end of World War II.

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False

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Dutch colonialism in its East Indies possessions eventually united over 17,000 islands into one state.

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True

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The Philippines' last colonial master, which granted the country independence in 1946, was the United States.

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True

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The island of Singapore was formerly a British colony.

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True

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Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country.

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True

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In Singapore, the Chinese constitute 74 percent of the population.

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True

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In boundary creation, the delimitation stage precedes the demarcation stage.

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True

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Antecedent boundaries were defined and delimited before the present-day human landscape emerged.

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True

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Subsequent boundaries are part of an ongoing process as the human landscape evolves.

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True

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The boundary between Singapore and Malaysia is known as a subsequent boundary.

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False

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Vietnam constitutes an elongated state.

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True

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Cochin China was the name of the French colonial units centered on the Mekong Delta.

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True

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More than three-quarters of Vietnam's population was born after the Indochina War.

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True

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North and South Vietnam were united in 1975.

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True

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Vietnam has more than one core area.

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True

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Cambodia is a good example of an elongated state.

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False

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Laos is Southeast Asia's only landlocked country.

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True

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The heart of Thailand lies in the Chao Phraya River Basin.

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True

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Myanmar, unlike other Southeast Asian nations, does not have any ethnic minorities.

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False

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The Kayin (Karen), a people living in the protrusion of Burma, wish to create an autonomous area within Burma.

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True

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East Malaysia includes Sarawak and Sabah.

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True

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Singapore lies on the Strait of Malacca.

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True

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People of Chinese descent make up a majority of the population of Singapore.

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True

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In Singapore, Muslims constitute more than 75 percent of the population.

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False

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Singapore has an authoritarian government and a market economy.

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True

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A state whose national territory consists of two or more separated parts is termed protruded.

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False

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The island of Java (Jawa) became the focus of Dutch colonial administration in Southeast Asia.

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True

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Indonesia has ended its policy of transmigration, which involved the resettlement of Jawanese to other islands.

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True

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Manila is located on the island of Mindanao.

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False

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There is a Muslim-based insurgency in the southern islands of the Philippines.

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True

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The two largest islands in the Philippines are Luzon and Mindanao.

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True

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The boundary-type that is defined and delimited before the main elements of its cultural landscape begin to develop is known as a(n) _____ boundary.

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antecedent

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Both Thailand and Myanmar are examples of states whose territorial morphologies can be classified as _____.

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protruded

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The communist leader who founded modern North Vietnam and after whom the capital of reunited Vietnam (formerly Saigon) was renamed in 1976 was _____.

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Ho Chi Minh

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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) lies in the delta region of the _____ River.

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Mekong

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Countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia, whose territory consists of numerous parts separated by water and/or foreign territory, are called _____ states by political geographers.

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fragmented

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The world's most populous Islamic country is _____.

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Indonesia

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Banda Aceh, the city most devastated by the 2004 tsunami, is located on the Indonesian island of _____.

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Sumatera (Sumatra)

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The megacity that is the capital of Indonesia is _____.

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Jakarta

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The westernmost half of Papua New Guinea, owned and operated by Indonesia, has always been referred to by Jakarta as _____.

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Papua

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Southeast Asia is home to a great number of immigrant groups from South Asia and elsewhere. The largest number, however, are from _____.

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China

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Collectively, the administrative units in France's Southeast Asian colonies were altogether called _____.

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Indochina

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Unlike the types of boundaries that curve to conform to natural and cultural conditions on the ground, _____ boundaries are straight lines that often fail to incorporate regional distinctions.

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geometric

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According to Figure 10A-10, which territorial morphology type is not found in Southeast Asia?

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perforated

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According to Figure 10B-3, Thailand's core area is _____________.

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centered on the city of Bangkok

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Figure 10B-7 shows that the island of Borneo is occupied by the countries of Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.

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False

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Based on Figure 10B-2, which city is larger in terms of population: Hanoi or Ho chi Minh City?

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Ho Chi Minh City

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