Southeast Asia Geography Quiz

A typhoon is a tropical hurricane. A monsoon is a moist seasonal wind. An isthmus is a connection between two landmasses.

Most scientists think a land bridge formed and allowed people to walk to the Southeast Asian island. People probably took boats to the Pacific islands.

A fragmented state is in pieces. Malaysia has two parts—a peninsula and an island. Indonesia is composed of thousands of islands.

Myanmar was known as Burma when it was a British colony.

In order from west to east, the states are Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.

The United States acquired the Philippines as part of the Spanish-American War.

North Vietnam was a communist country formed in 1945. North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam in the Vietnam war, and in 1976 the country was unified under a communist government.

Brunei and East Timor are small but not as small as Singapore.

East Timor gained independence in 2002 after a brutal civil war.

Indonesia has more Muslims than any other country in the world.

The Philippines were colonized by Spain, and missionaries converted local people to Roman Catholicism, which is a branch of Christianity.

As in East Asia, most people are Buddhist.

China has conquered Southeast Asia more than once and has tried to assimilate Southeast Asian cultural groups.

Southeast Asians have adopted western clothing in the last century. They speak English and use technology at increasing rates.

Mineral deposits have decreased due to increased mining and industrialization. Fish have decreased due to overfishing for a hungry population both in Southeast Asia and abroad.

Rice is the staple crop and can easily be grown due to plenty of rainfall and standing water.

Though the volcanoes in other parts of the Ring of Fire may be dormant, the volcanoes in Southeast Asia are very active. They do not erupt often but are still active.

Although global warming and poachers are problems, the biggest threat to elephants is their loss of habitat as humans clear rainforests to make way for agriculture.

Singapore has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. It is higher than that of the United States.

The fact that the sign was posted in miles makes it clear that you are in Myanmar. Myanmar, which was colonized by the British, still uses the Imperial System of measurement. It has started to use the metric system, but usage of "miles" is still common.