Question: Which kingdom during 200 BCE that is located in Java and Sumatra exist?
Answer: Jawa Dwipa Hindu

Question: What nationality were the traders that came to archipelago?
Answer: Indian

Question: What country did the merchants the traders did trade with come from?
Answer: China

Question: How long did the Indian influence date back to for the Malay-speaking world?
Answer: 3rd century BCE

Question: What religion besides Hinduism became well established in the Malay Peninsula?
Answer: Buddhism

Question: Which Hindu kingdom existed around 200 BCE?
Answer: Jawa Dwipa

Question: Which traders came to the archipelago for trade?
Answer: Indian traders

Question: The Java Dwipa kingdom was well-known for what?
Answer: abundant forest and maritime products

Question: Which religions were well established in the Malay peninsula by the beginning of the 1st century CE?
Answer: Hinduism and Buddhism

Question: Apart from the Indian traders, who else discovered the Malay peninsula for trade?
Answer: merchants from China

Question: Which Indianised kingdom was based in eastern java?
Answer: The Majapahit Empire

Question: Which ruler reigned between 1350 to 1389?
Answer: Hayam Wuruk

Question: How long did the Majapahit Empire last?
Answer: 1293 to around 1500

Question: How far did the Majapahit Empire's influence stretch?
Answer: parts of Sulawesi, Maluku, and some areas of western New Guinea and the Philippines

Question: Which kingdom did the Chola navy attack during the 11th century?
Answer: Srivijaya kingdom

Question: What was the capital of Srivijaya kingdom?
Answer: Sangrama Vijayatungavarman

Question: Which king of Kedah converted to Islam in the year 1267?
Answer: Phra Ong Mahawangsa

Question: Name an Indonesian Islamic scholar who lived from 1908-1981?
Answer: Hamka

Question: Which Chinese admiral was related to the development of Islam in Indonesia & Malaya?
Answer: Admiral Zheng He

Question: In the 15th century, the ruler of which port embraced Islam?
Answer: Malacca Sultanate

Question: Where did the traders from Yemen settle?
Answer: Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia

Question: Which missionary helped to spread Islam?
Answer: The Sufi missionaries

Question: Which religion proved a positive force among the ruling & trading classes?
Answer: Islam

Question: The western colonies were invaded by whom during World War II?
Answer: Imperial Japan

Question: According to the UN report, what was the count of people who perished due to famine?
Answer: 4 to 10 million

Question: What violent acts did the Showa regime commit?
Answer: Manila massacre and the implementation of a system of forced labour

Question: Who defeated Japan during the World War II?
Answer: The Allied powers

Question: Name the largest country in Southeast Asia.
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Geologically what is Indonesia's region most active for?
Answer: volcanically active

Question: What is the climate like in Southeast Asia?
Answer: tropical–hot and humid

Question: Which region has the 2nd largest rain-forest in the world?
Answer: Southeast Asia

Question: Which regions in Southeast Asia see cold winter with snow?
Answer: Northern Vietnam and the Myanmar Himalayas

Question: What causes additional rainfall during monsoon?
Answer: The tropical rain belt

Question: What causes the Southeast Asian regions to experience wet & dry seasons?
Answer: seasonal shift in winds or monsoon

Question: Name the line that splits the Indonesian Archipelago?
Answer: Wallace Line

Question: What region comprises of the Wallacea?
Answer: The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua

Question: Which country has created a system of national parks & preserves?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Which species in Java face extinction?
Answer: Javan rhinoceros

Question: What is the concern in Southeast Asian region due to development & population expansion?
Answer: impact of human activity on the region's environment.

Question: Where on Earth is the highest marine activity recorded?
Answer: Raja Ampat

Question: Which areas are composed as the Coral Triangle?
Answer: Indonesia, Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.

Question: Which area is called the heart of the world's Coral reef biodiversity?
Answer: The Coral Triangle

Question: Name the largest species of fish in the world.
Answer: The whale shark

Question: What percentage of plant and animal species extinction is predicted in the 21st century?
Answer: 40%

Question: Where has haze been predominant?
Answer: Sumatra and Borneo

Question: How is a haze formed?
Answer: caused by "slash and burn" activities

Question: What agreement has the Southeast Asian countries signed to combat haze pollution?
Answer: Transboundary Haze Pollution

Question: When did the 2 worst haze pollution occur in Southeast Asia?
Answer: 1997 and 2006

Question: Name some important commodities that originated in Southeast asian region?
Answer: pepper, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg

Question: Who developed the spice trade initially?
Answer: Indian and Arab merchants

Question: Which European traders moved into Indonesia?
Answer: Dutch

Question: The origin of which community can be traced to the 16th century?
Answer: Chinese

Question: The rise of Chinese population saw a rapid increase during which revolution?
Answer: Communist Revolution

Question: When did the Chinese revolution start in Southeast Asia?
Answer: 1949

Question: What is the name of the network through which the Chinese communities were connected with?
Answer: the bamboo network

Question: What reserves are abundant in Southeast Asia?
Answer: Oil reserves

Question: Which region manufactures textiles, heavy industrial products & high-tech electronic goods?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: Of the Southeast Asian countries, which country has  the largest economy?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Which sector is the Southeast Asia heavily dependent on?
Answer: agriculture

Question: Of the Southeast Asian countries, which one's key economic development is based on Tourism?
Answer: Cambodia

Question: According to which entity can tourism be a tremendous development tool & means to preserving the cultural diversity of the planet?
Answer: UNESCO

Question: Who was the regional leader in tourism in 1995?
Answer: Singapore

Question: From 2000, Cambodia has surpassed other ASEAN countries in generating GDP on which sector?
Answer: tourism

Question: What is the approximate area of Southeast Asia?
Answer: 4,000,000 km2

Question: Among the Southeast Asian countries, which one is densely populated?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Which Island in Southeast Asia is densely populated?
Answer: Java

Question: name the largest ethnic group in Southeast Asia.
Answer: the Javanese

Question: Which ethnic groups dominate in Indonesia?
Answer: Javanese and Sundanese

Question: The Tagalog, Cebuano,Ilocano & Hiligaynon groups are significant within which country in Southeast Asia?
Answer: Philippines

Question: The ethnic groups Malays & Chinese are predominant in which country?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: Which religion is widely practiced in Southeast Asia?
Answer: Islam

Question: Among the Southeast Asian countries, which country has the most populous Muslims among them?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Roman Catholic population is predominant in which Asian country?
Answer: Philippines

Question: What percentage of the population in Southeast Asia practice Islam?
Answer: 40%

Question: East Timor is predominantly catholic due to which European rule's history?
Answer: Portuguese

Question: Which is Asia's largest christian nation?
Answer: Philippines

Question: Garuda is the national symbol of which 2 countries?
Answer: Thailand and Indonesia

Question: Which religion is dominant on the Island of Bali?
Answer: Hinduism

Question: Name the most Muslim populous region in Asia?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: What is practiced in Vietnam?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: Arabia has a strong influence in which Southeast Asian country?
Answer: Brunei