1. Taiwan, North and South Korea Southeast Asia SOL Review

2. Taiwan is a small island off the coast of mainland China. What is another name for the island of Taiwan?

3. FORMOSA

4. Where did the Chinese Nationalist flee after the Communist took over mainland China?

5. TAIWAN (THE U.S. SUPPORTED THE CHINESE NATIONALISTS.)

6. What kind of government does Taiwan, known as the Republic of China, have today?

7. DEMOCRATIC

8. Is Taiwan, The Republic of China, a developed or a developing nation?

9. DEVELOPED IT IS AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE!

10. North Korea and South Korea are separate nations. Do they share the same ethnicity?

11. YES. THEY ARE ALL KOREANS.

12. What kind of government does North Korea have?

13. COMMUNIST

14. What kind of government does South Korea have?

15. DEMOCRATIC

16. Is North Korea a nuclear power? Is North Korea able to take care of the basic needs of its people?

17. YES, IT IS A NUCLEAR POWER. NO, IT CANNOT TAKE CARE OF ITS PEOPLE.

18. What river forms part of the border between Thailand and Laos in Southeast Asia?

19. THE MEKONG RIVER

20. The Mekong River empties into the South China Sea. It deposits so much sediment at its mouth that it increases the shoreline around the _________ by about 50 feet each year.

21. DELTA

22. What city in Southeast Asia has one of the world’s highest population densities?

23. SINGAPORE

24. Singapore is a very prosperous city. Why?

25. IT IS A FREE PORT. NO IMPORT OR EXPORT TAXES (TARIFFS)

26. What are the two cities in the world that have a tropical rainforest within their boundaries?

27. SINGAPORE AND RIO DE JANEIRO

28. What is the major religion of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam?

29. BUDDHISM

30. What is the main religion of Malaysia and Indonesia?

31. ISLAM

32. What are elevated one-story buildings in rural Indonesia and Malaysia?

33. LONGHOUSES

34. What is the main food eaten and produced by the people of Southeast Asia?

35. RICE

36. Rice in Southeast Asia is grown in flooded fields or __________. ???

37. PADDIES….AS IN RICE PADDIES!

38. BRUNEI is a tiny country in Southeast Asia, which is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Why?

39. CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS

40. What Southeast Asian nation is the largest producer of petroleum in the area and one of the top ten producer of oil in the world?

41. INDONESIA

42. Is Indonesia a member of OPEC? (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

43. YES. VENEZUELA IN SOUTH AMERICA IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OPEC.

44. What is the cultural and economic organization that binds Southeast Asian nations to promote development, trade and stability?

45. ASEAN (ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS)

46. What is the largest single religious building in the world?

47. ANGKOR WAT IT IS IN CAMBODIA. FIRST IT WAS HINDU. NOW IT IS BUDDHIST.

48. Buddhists worship in ________.

49. MONASTERIES

50. What do we call a structure in a tower shape with upward curving roof edges at each division?

51. PAGODA

52. An Indonesian method of hand printing textiles by coating with wax the parts not to be dyed…

53. BATIK

54. What oceans surround Southeast Asia?

55. INDIAN OCEAN AND PACIFIC OCEAN

56. What kind of storms occur in the Indian Ocean?

57. CYCLONES

58. What kind of storms occur in the Pacific Ocean?

59. TYPHOONS

60. What kind of storms occur in the Atlantic Ocean?

61. HURRICANES