Chapter 8 Key Term Quiz

South East Asia
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An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

An economic development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.

The region that includes Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The surface temperature of seawater.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

The systemic variation in sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, typically in late December, that has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.

A state which takes leading role in macro-economic planning, strategic investment and n guiding economic growth

An agricultural system in which temporary clearings are cropped for fewer years than they are allowed to remain fallow and involve "slash and burn" clearing practices.

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

The downsides of a heavy reliance on one or more primary commodities such as oil, that include corruption, wildly fluctuating government revenues and stunted economic development

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