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DHS Southeast Asia Terms
Chapter 30 & 31 Review Terms
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Geography
9th Grade
03/22/2009

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archipelago
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A set of closely grouped islands that sometimes form a curve
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Ring of Fire
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A chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim
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Peninsula
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Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
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Island
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Land completely surrounded by water
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Oceania
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A group of more than 20,000 Pacific Islands
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Indochinese
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One of the 2 main peninsulas of Southeast Asia, located south of China, with a rectangular shape.
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Malay
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One of the 2 main peninsulas of Southeast Asia, which serves as a bridge between the mainland and islands
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High Islands
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Created by volcanoes
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Low Islands
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Made of coral reefs
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Australia
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The smallest and flattest continent
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Great Barrier Reef
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Huge chain of reefs and islands lying along Australia's north eastern coast
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Mekong
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A river that provides water & fertile farming lands in Southeast Asia
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outback
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Unpopulated inner region of Australia
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outrigger canoe
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Pacific islanders used these for navigating the shallow waters of lagoons
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atoll
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A ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon
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Bikini Atoll
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Site of U.S. atomic weapons tests which caused nuclear contamination of the area
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rabbits
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They have devestated croplands & prairies causing serious problems for Australian farms
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Khmer Empire
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One of the most powerful early mandalas which existed in what is now Cambodia
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mandalas
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States organized as rings of power around a central court
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ASEAN
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An alliance set up to promote economic growth and peace in Southeast Asia
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Maori
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Original settlers of New Zealand
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Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia
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Three regions of Oceania
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Melanesia
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Meaning "Black Islands"
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Micronesia
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Meaning "Tiny Islands"
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Polynesia
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Meaning "many islands"
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Great Britain
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Established Sydney, Australia as a penal colony
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penal colony
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A place to send prisoners
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Aboriginal people
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Migrated to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago
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Antarctica
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This is the earth's coldest, driest continent
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Treaty of Waitangi
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This gave Britain control over New Zealand
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