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Multiple Choice
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This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 Although considered part of insular Southeast Asia, Malaysia splits its territory between the island of _____ and the Malay Peninsula on the _____.
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 The Karen, an ethnic minority in Burma, are fighting against the majority Burmans. In exchange for keeping Karen guerrillas out of Thailand, Burma allows Thai companies to:
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Invaluable forests throughout Southeast Asia have been destroyed over the past 50 years, primarily to export wood products such as paper pulp to:
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Air pollution problems in Southeast Asia are made worse by drought, _____, and _____.
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Many large, often explosive, volcanoes exist in Southeast Asia because:
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 While volcanic soils are extremely fertile, island rainforest soils are poor because:
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 Crops grown in Southeast Asia can support high population densities in all of the following environments EXCEPT:
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Techniques to improve food production in Southeast Asia include:
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Recent demographic changes throughout Southeast Asia include dramatic declines in fertility, which is considered a good thing in every country but _____, whose government actively promotes marriage and childbearing:
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 Indonesia's policy of relocating people from densely populated areas to more lightly populated areas is called:
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 While primate cities usually suffer from pollution and slums, the Southeast Asian cities of _____ and _____ are remarkably clean and modern.
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 The first major external influence on Southeast Asia, that formed the basis for many writing systems as well as other cultural features, was the establishment of several:
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 With the exception of the Philippines, insular Southeast Asia is primarily:
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 Of the language families found in the region, the most widespread is:
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 Language is an important part of Southeast Asia's cultural geography. The common trade language, or lingua franca, throughout the INSULAR realm during the colonial period was:
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 The only country in Southeast Asia to have never been subjected to European colonial rule is:
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 The organization that has done the most to give Southeast Asia regional coherence is:
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 European colonial powers were initially attracted to Southeast Asia by all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 During the mid-1970s, millions of Cambodians were killed by brutal regime led by a radical Communist group called the:
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 Having lost considerable economic power since the late 1990's, Indonesia faces internal political threats in:
 
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Question 21
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Open Hint for Question 21 in a new window		 In 2001, the United States committed itself to assist the government of the Philippines to combat terrorist groups located mainly in the:
 
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Question 22
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Open Hint for Question 22 in a new window		 Because of suspected large reserves of oil in the vicinity, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and China all have advanced territorial claims over the:
 
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Question 23
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Open Hint for Question 23 in a new window		 As in other world regions, economies in Southeast Asia can be destabilized by _____, which favors family and friends of corrupt leaders.
 
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Question 24
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Open Hint for Question 24 in a new window		 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are all struggling to grow economically by doing each of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 25
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Open Hint for Question 25 in a new window		 While more investment in social development is needed across the region, most countries in Southeast Asia have relatively high:
 
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