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C255 Geography Exam Questions andAnswers for 2nd Semester Western
Governors University.
What was the name of the Communist insurgent group in South Vietnam
Correct Answer -Viet Cong
Who was the founder of Buddhism
Correct Answer -Siddhartha Gautama
Which country is the financial and high-tech hub of Southeast Asia
Correct Answer -Singapore
What are the mountains at Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, an example of
Correct Answer -karst topography
Which country controlled almost all of the Southeast Asia during most of
World War II
Correct Answer -Japan
Where did Ho Chi Minh defeat the French, effectively ending French
colonialism in Indochina
Correct Answer -Dien Bien Phu
What is the most important river in Myanmar
Correct Answer -Irrawaddy River
,What does the name Buddha mean
Correct Answer -enlightened one
What does Laos want to be for Southeast Asia
Correct Answer -The battery
This new country gained recognition in 2002
Correct Answer -Timor-Leste
There are over _____ distinct people groups in Southeast Asia
Correct Answer -1,300
How did Tilly Smith apply knowledge gained from her geography class
Correct Answer -She warned people of an impending tsunami
Who was elected state counselor of Myanmar in 2015
Correct Answer -Aung San Suu Kyi
What was the world's most visited city for most of the 2010's
Correct Answer -Bangkok
What is the Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI)
Correct Answer -An initiative to fix the underlying cause of environmental
problems
The people of these two countries are known for an easy-going, light-
hearted attitude
Correct Answer -Thailand and the Philippines
,Which country has the second largest population of Baptist in the world
Correct Answer -Myanmar
How many people in Southeast Asia live in some form of slavery
Correct Answer -4 million
Chapter 23
Correct Answer -...
(T/F) The Great Dividing Range is located in the central lowlands
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) Many of Australia's first European settlers were convicts
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) Many consider the Sydney Opera House the most beautiful building
in the world
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) Kangaroos are commonly called jumbucks in Australia's fertile
grasslands
Correct Answer -False
(T/F) The Murray River is the longest river in Australia
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) Up to two million people visit Queensland every year to see the
Great Barrier Reef
Correct Answer -True
, (T/F) Although the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral formation in the
world, it harbors very few species of plant and animal life
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) In Australia, ranches are called stations
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) The Great Artesian Basin is the second-largest reserve of
underground water in the world
Correct Answer -False
(T/F) The Western Plateau is a heavily populated area of Australia
Correct Answer -False
(T/F) Lake Eyre is usually a barren salt bed
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) Two primary activities of the outback are mining and agriculture
Correct Answer -True
(T/F) The Aboriginal people in Australia may have migrated from South
America
Correct Answer -False
(T/F) South Island is home to most New Zealanders
Correct Answer -False
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