WG Unit 6 SE Asia and Oceania

a large group of islands

a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam; named for being between India and China

the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an alliance that promotes economic growth and peace in the region

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

A group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975 and imposed a reign of terror on its citizens until Vietnam (also Communist) interfered

1950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used guerrilla warfare to fight anti-communist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; brilliant strategy drew out war and made it unwinnable

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

The dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia

the indigenous people of Australian; dark skinned of Polynesian and SE Asian descent

The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another.

Postcolonial, acculturative religious movements, common in Melanesia, that attempt to explain European domination and wealth and to achieve similar success magically by mimicking European behavior

a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon

The most populous of the three groups of Pacific islands, includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and others; "The Black Islands"

Group of "Small Islands" in the Pacific including The Caroline Islands, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands.

Islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island; "Many Islands"