South East Asia Notes
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hollyjolly2107 on April 20, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Phnom Pehn ("nom pen") | The capital and largest city in Cambodia. Located along the banks of the Mekong River |
| Jakarta | The capital and largest city in Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of Java |
| Kuala Lumpur | The capital and most populated city in Malaysia |
| Manila | Capital of the Philippines |
| Vientiane | The capital and largest city in Laos |
| Bangkok | The capital of Thailand |
| Hanoi | The capital city of Vietnam located along the right bank of the Red River |
| Republic of Singapore | An island country made up of 63 islands on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula |
| Canberra | The capital of Australia |
| Sydney | The largest and most populous city in Australia |
| Wellington | The capital city of New Zealand |
| Christchurch | Largest city on the southern island of New Zealand that was hit by a bad earthquake this year, which is the 2nd largest natural disaster in New Zealand history |
| Mekong River | A river that begins in China and crosses several Southeast Asian nations and ends on vietnam's coast. Relied on for farming and fishing. |
| Salween River | A river that flows from the Tibetan Plateau to the Andaman Sea |
| Irrawaddy River | A river that flows from north to south through Myanmar |
| Red River | A river that flows from China into northern Vietnam and dumps into the Gulf of Tonkin |
| Great Barrier Reef | The world's largest coral reef, although it is really a 1,250 mile chain of more than 2,500 reefs and islands. Some 400 species of coral can be found there. |
| Great Dividing Range | Complex series of low mountain ranges, plateaus, and upland areas that is roughly parallel to the eastern and south eastern coasts of Australia |
| Agriculture | Main Economic Activity |
| Rice | Main food crop in most SE Asian countries |
| ASEAN | An alliance that promotes economic growth and peace in the region |
| Indochina | French colony made up of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam |
| mandalas | States organized as rings of power around a central court |
| The Khmer Empire | Powerful mandala that lasted roughly from the 9th - 15th centuries in present day Cambodia |
| Myanmar | A country in Southeast Asia that is ruled by a Junta (militaristic government) A.K.A-Burma |
| Micronesia | "tiny islands" |
| Melanesia | "black islands" |
| Polynesia | "many islands" |
| Bikini Atoll | An atoll used by the US as a nuclear waepon testing site |
| penal colony | A Settlement used to exile prisoners |
| The Mabo case | (1992) The court recognized that Aboriginal people had owned land prior to the arrival of the British, thus overturning the doctrine of Terra Nullius |
| The Stolen Generation | Aboriginal children given to white families to promote assimilation between 1909 and1960 |
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