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In 2002, after years of Portuguese and then Indonesian occupation, _________ became independent with UN help.

East Timor

Life close to plate boundaries involves the hazards of

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

The Malay Peninsula is shared by these two countries

Malaysia and Thailand

The colonial ruler of Indonesia was

The Netherlands

The oil-rich Southeast Asian country that is ruled by a Muslim sultan is

Brunei

While Burma was a British colony, it received a large number of migrants from

India

Chinese make up about _______ percent of Southeast Asia's population.

7

A boundary dispute in which there are no land boundaries concerns

The Spratley Islands

By 2004 China's poverty rate stood at

10 percent

This is not a major island of Japan

Macau

Southern China's climate is

Monsoon tropical

Which Japanese island is not adjacent to the Inland Sea?

Hokkaido

Compared to the United States, Japan's gross national income in 1960 was

one eighth

The city with the most polluted environment in Russia is

Norilsk

In 1988 Gorbachev began reforming agriculture in the Soviet Union by

permitting individuals and cooperatives to lease land

The five countries of Central Asia were once part of

Turkestan

Which of the following statements about environmental conditions in Russia is true?

The emphasis on heavy industry laid waste to vast areas

The heartland of Russia is

West of the Urals

Which of the following autonomous political units contain Turkic or Mongolian peoples

Siberia and the Far East

The Mongol state that stretched from Siberia to Central Asia to the steppes was called

The Khanate of the Golden Horde

The focal point of the earliest Russian culture was centered around Slavic principalities in the area of which two modern cities?

Novgorod and Kiev

As created after World War I, Yugoslavia was dominated by

Serbia

Devolutionary forces have been strong in

Eastern Europe