Southeast Asia

What 6 countries make up the mainland of Southeast Asia?

• Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia

• China, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Australia
• Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives
• Mexico, Canada, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile

40,000 years ago the _________________ was connected to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo

• mountains

• mainland

• Atlantic Ocean
• insular

Many of the species are ___________, or found nowhere else in the world

• common
• widespread
• invasive
• endemic

Much of Southeast Asia has a ________________________ climate

• tropical wet

• temperate
• desert
• arctic

Southeast Asia’s ____________, or animal life, consists of a wide variety

• fauna

• flora

• ecosystem
• habitat

Southeast Asia has a diverse ___________, or plant life

• fauna
• landscape
• geography
• flora

_____________ are high winds and heavy rain often leading to widespread property damage and loss of life

• Typhoons

• Earthquakes
• Blizzards
• Tornadoes

A tropical ___________ receives at least 60 inches of rain a year

• desert
• tundra
• grassland
• rainforest

Because of Southeast Asia’s tropical wet climate, the region is covered with ______________

• barren grassland

• thick snow

• rainforest

• desert

______________________occurred in Indonesia in 2004, causing the deaths of more than 230,000 people

• Earthquake in Japan
• Indian Ocean tsunami

• Tornado in Oklahoma
• Hurricane Katrina