Southeast Asia Unit Test
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Abel Tasman
Dutchman who was the first European to
discover New Zealand
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archipelagos
a group of islands
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bushido
code of conduct
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daimyos
great Japanese landowners
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demilitarized
zone (DMZ)
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2.5 mile area between North and South Korea
constantly guarded on both sides
Domino
Theory
theory that if one nation fell to Communist
Forces, neighboring nations would also fall
Douglas
MacArthur
commander of UN troops in Korea
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genocide
deliberate killing of a large group of people;
Pol Pot, Hitler, and Hussein committed this
atrocity
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Haiku
Japanese poem
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Hirohito
Japan's emperor during World War II
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Ho Chi Minh
leader of the Viet Minh
homogeneous
society
formed when people share a common ethnic
and cultural background
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isolationism
the policy of avoiding foreign involvements
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James Cook
he colonized New Zealand
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Okinawa
island where the U.S. maintains a military
base
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Outback
vast, desert-like area in Australia
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penal colony
used to exile prisoners; Britain used the
country of Australia as this
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Pol Pot
leader of the Khmer Rouge
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samurai
Japanese warrior
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Shintoism
the native religion of Japan
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shogun
Japanese military leader
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stalemate
created when issues are unresolved
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Yen
basic monetary unit of Japan
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Zaibatsu
a large corporation
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Who were the
first European
settlers in
Australia?
convicts
Aborigines of
Australia and
Maoris of New
Zealand are
similar because:
both were devastated that European
settlers came
1,200 miles of
coral off the
northeast coast
of Australia is
called:
The Great Barrier Reef
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What is the
largest island
and smallest
continent?
Australia
This fruit (kiwi)
is a major
export and
nickname for
what country?
New Zealand
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As a result of
Spanish
conquest of the
Philippines,
most Filipino's
are this religion:
Roman Catholics
What country is
an archipelago
sitting east of the
Asian
mainland?
Japan
What climate
zone is Japan
in?
temperate
Japan's
resources were
sought after
through:
imperialism
How did the Japanese
assimilate, or adapt, certain
Asian cultural ideas?
their proximity to the Asian
mainlad
What kind of farming did
Japan use to maximize the
available land?
steppes
This country at one time
controlled New Zealand:
Great Britain
The nickname for Korea
because it had few contacts:
The "Hermit Kingdom"
After World War II, Korea
was divided at:
38th parallel
The major goal under
supreme leaders of North
Korea:
build-up of military
Why has North Korea been
of worldwide concern since
the 1900s?
they have nuclear weapons
The geographic feature that
contributed to the
differences in the economies
of the Koreas:
South Korea's climate is
milder
What are the two
archipelagos of Southeast
Asia?
Indonesia and the
Philippines
Why did the U.S. get
involved in Southeast Asia
during the 1960s and 1970s?
to stop the spread of
communism
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The goal of Viet Cong (VC):
to overthrow the noncommunist government of
South Vietnam
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Vietnam was divided at:
17th parallel
The result of the Gulf of
Tonkin Resolution:
build-up of the U.S. forces in
Vietnam
The divisions of Korea in
1945 and Vietnam in 1954
were decisions that were a
result of:
compromise for political
problems due to Cold War
rivalries
The Geneva conference
resulted in:
the temporary division of
Vietnam
The Vietnam war affected
Thailand and Cambodia by:
flooding them with
thousands of fleeing
refugees
The Killing Fields were:
sites in Cambodia where
large numbers of bodies
were killed and buried by the
Khmer Rouge
What percent of Cambodia's
population was killed under
Pol Pot?
25%
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Name of jail in Cambodia where
only seven people survived:
S-21
the driving forces behind genocide
are:
racism, chauvinism,
and nationalism