GEO 1310: Chapter 3 Book Questions and
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Irrawaddy River
Chao Phraya River - -Most of the population of peninsular Southeast Asia
resides along three rivers. Which river is in Myanmar and enters the
Andaman Sea near Yangon? Which river is in Thailand and enters the Gulf of
Thailand near Bangkok?
- Indochina and Further India - -What two older terms were once used for
the region of Southeast Asia (both of which referred mostly to the peninsular
portion of this region)?
- The Mekong River - -Which Southeast Asian river is the most significant
because it connects all of the countries of peninsular Southeast Asia and the
ethnically diverse province of Yunnan in Southwest China?
- Golden Triangle
Heroin - -What name is used to refer to the area along the Mekong where
Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos meet? This area was once infamous for the
production of what drug?
- The Raja - -What group of islands at the center of the Coral Triangle in
Indonesia is believed to have the highest recorded diversity of marine life on
the planet?
- It is an area where air from the north and south collides and rises into the
upper atmoshere, forming clouds and rain - -What is the Intertropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ)?
- The Philippines - -What Southeast Asian country gets hit more often by
typhoons during the Pacific northern hemisphere summer months?
- Wallace Line - -What line, roughly running between the islands of Borneo
and Sulawesi, and Bali and Lombok in southern Indonesia, separates Asian
flora and fauna species from Australian flora and fauna species?
- Women were responsible for household chores and agriculture and they
held the rights to property. - -Early Malay society was matriarchal in
structure. What does this mean?
- The Khmer - -What group built the capital city of Angkor and its famous
Angkor Wat temple complex during one of its peak periods of political
power?
Answers/100% Accurate
Irrawaddy River
Chao Phraya River - -Most of the population of peninsular Southeast Asia
resides along three rivers. Which river is in Myanmar and enters the
Andaman Sea near Yangon? Which river is in Thailand and enters the Gulf of
Thailand near Bangkok?
- Indochina and Further India - -What two older terms were once used for
the region of Southeast Asia (both of which referred mostly to the peninsular
portion of this region)?
- The Mekong River - -Which Southeast Asian river is the most significant
because it connects all of the countries of peninsular Southeast Asia and the
ethnically diverse province of Yunnan in Southwest China?
- Golden Triangle
Heroin - -What name is used to refer to the area along the Mekong where
Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos meet? This area was once infamous for the
production of what drug?
- The Raja - -What group of islands at the center of the Coral Triangle in
Indonesia is believed to have the highest recorded diversity of marine life on
the planet?
- It is an area where air from the north and south collides and rises into the
upper atmoshere, forming clouds and rain - -What is the Intertropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ)?
- The Philippines - -What Southeast Asian country gets hit more often by
typhoons during the Pacific northern hemisphere summer months?
- Wallace Line - -What line, roughly running between the islands of Borneo
and Sulawesi, and Bali and Lombok in southern Indonesia, separates Asian
flora and fauna species from Australian flora and fauna species?
- Women were responsible for household chores and agriculture and they
held the rights to property. - -Early Malay society was matriarchal in
structure. What does this mean?
- The Khmer - -What group built the capital city of Angkor and its famous
Angkor Wat temple complex during one of its peak periods of political
power?
