Chapter 8 Key Term Quiz

South East Asia
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An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

Popular protest against the military junta of Myanmar in 2007. Buddhist monks played an important role.

A communist guerilla movement in Cambodia that held power from 1975 to 1979. Responsible for mass killings and mass starvation.

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

Refers to a situation in which the concentration of a nation's population in just one city.

A type of economic system that is not controlled by a central authority but rather left to the free and open collaboration and decisions of the participants in the market.

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

A form of Buddhism based on the oldest known records of Buddha's teaching. Dominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

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

Currency from another country.

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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