Human Geography in Southeast Asia

Practice flashcards covering the ethnolinguistic groups, language families, and cultural characteristics of Southeast Asian countries based on lecture notes.

Human geography focuses on people, culture, and __________ in different places.

communities

__________ groups are communities that share a common ethnic identity and native language.

Ethnolinguistic

The __________ language family is found in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia, including examples like Tagalog and Javanese.

Austronesian

The __________ language family is present in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar, with examples such as Khmer and Mon.

Austro-Asiatic

The __________ group is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines, making up $26\%$ of the population.

Tagalog

In Indonesia, the __________ are the majority group at $40\%$ and are influential due to the Dutch colonial legacy.

Javanese

The national motto of Indonesia is "__________," which means "Unity in Diversity."

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika

In Malaysia and Brunei, the concept of "__________," meaning "sons of the soil," is used to unify the region.

bumiputera

Singapore has a __________ majority of $75\%$ due to immigration during the British era.

Chinese

In Vietnam, the Viets (Kinh) make up $87\%$ of the population and have a national identity forged through resistance to __________ powers.

foreign

$90\%$ of the population in Cambodia are __________, who are descendants of the Angkor Empire.

Khmer

The majority of people in Thailand are united by the Thai language and __________ Buddhism.

Theravada

In Myanmar, the majority group is the __________, who make up $68\%$ of the population and speak Burmese.

Bamar

The __________ crisis in Myanmar highlights the country's intense ethnic and religious tensions.

Rohingya

Timor-Leste was formerly colonized by Portugal and later annexed by __________, eventually gaining independence in $2002$.

Indonesia

Modern national borders in Southeast Asia often cut across __________ boundaries, leading to potential conflict.

ethnic group

Religious pluralism in Southeast Asia includes Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia, Buddhism in Thailand and Myanmar, and __________ in the Philippines.

Christianity