Asia Test

The economy of South and Southeast Asia is MOSTLY based in:

• automobiles
• industry
• mechanical engineering
• subsistence agriculture

The industrially DEVELOPED countries in Southeast Asia include all of the following EXCEPT:

• Japan
• Laos
• Taiwan
• South Korea

These mountains block cultural and ethnic movement, moisture from the south, and are the highest in the world.

• Tain Shan
• Himalayas
• Ring of Fire
• Hindu Kush

Southeast Asia’s settlement patterns are impacted by all of the following EXCEPT:

• highlands
• islands
• water
• fjords

The land use in SE Asia is mostly used for what type of agriculture?

• herding
• grain farming
• rice paddies
• slash & burn

The economic group ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) opens free trade in the region and is similar to the North American group called:

• OPEC
• NATO
• NAFTA
• UN

The _?_ is the most common factor of climate of the Indian subcontinent:

• Monsoon
• Typhoon
• Hurricane
• Tsunami

What are the typical “hillside farms” called?

• Rice paddies
• terraced farms
• summit farms
• plateau farms

Angkor Wat is to Cambodia as the Taj Mahal is to:

• South Asia
• China
• Japan
• India

The change of the urban and rural populations in China is related to the increasing —

• political turmoil in the cities
• economic prosperity on the farms
• globalization of the economy
• desertification of the country