Southeast Asia, Oceania and Antarctica Preview Name:______P:______

Southeast Asia, Oceania and Antarctica Preview Name:______________________________________P:_______

Patterns of Physical Geography 678 – 679

1. How does the population of region compare to that of the United States?

2. What is the world’s largest island?

3. How does its area compare to the combined area of New Guinea, Borneo, and Sumatra?

4. Which countries of this region would you consider flat?

5. Which countries of this region would you consider mountainous?

6. How does the United States compare in size to Southeast Asia and Oceania?

7. Which, if any, country in the region would you consider not an archipelago?

8. Define Archipelago

9. What strait is in between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula?

10. Name three countries in Indochina

11. Identify the four oceans that surround Antarctica

12. What is the highest mountain in this region?

13. What are the two major islands of New Zealand?

14. What is the name of the country on the end of the Malay Peninsula?

Patterns of Human Geography 680 – 681

15. What are the largest countries in the region?

16. What country includes part of the Asian mainland and part of a large island?

17. What is the capital of Tonga?

18. What is the capital of Indonesia?

19. What is the capital of Vietnam?

20. What is the country northeast of Malaysia?

21. Which country is at 0 degree North, 120 degrees East?

22. Which country borders the Gulf of Tonkin (This gulf is next to the South China Sea)?

23. Define Gulf

24. Which country in Southeast Asia is landlocked?

Regional Patterns 682 – 683

25. Which Southeast Asian nation has the highest proportion of Chinese in its population?

26. What percentage of the region’s active volcanoes are found in Southeast Asia?

27. Where are the coldest climates to be found in the region?

28. Would you describe this as a region of religious diversity? Why or Why not?

29. What is the largest climate in Australia?

30. How does the climate of Australia differ from New Zealand?

31. What is the most common climate in the Philippines?

32. How many active volcanoes are in the region?

33. What is the most common climate of Antarctica?

34. What country has the smallest population of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia?

35. Identify the major religion of the Philippines.

36. What is the dominant religion of Indonesia?

37. Identify the country you would likely find a Buddhist?

38. What Southeast Asian country has a large population of Confucianism?

39. Name a country that is mainly Protestant

Regional Data File 684 – 687

40. Compare the population and total area of Australia to that of the United States. What conclusions can you draw?

41. Make a list of the top three countries in population.

42. What is the difference in population between the top two countries?

43. Make a list of the top three countries in total area.

44. How does this list compare to your list of the most populous countries?

45. Which two countries are the smallest in size and population?

46. Which Southeast Asian or Oceania country has the highest life expectancy? How does the United States compare?

47. Define life expectancy

48. Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?

49. and 50. Define infant mortality rate and identify which country has the highest infant mortality rate?