Southeast Asia's Economies: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on ASEAN, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia's nickel policy.

Quick checkpoint - five questions on ASEAN, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia’s nickel policy.

Question 1 of 5 How does ASEAN mainly make decisions?

By majority vote in a parliament By consensus among members By orders from the largest member Through a common central bank

ASEAN's consensus approach keeps members together but can slow action.

Question 2 of 5 Why is Thailand called the "Detroit of Asia"?

It has many car factories, especially Japanese carmakers It invented the car It mainly exports cars to the US It has no other industries

Incentives, suppliers and infrastructure attracted carmakers to Thailand.

Question 3 of 5 What stage of chipmaking is Malaysia especially strong in?

Mining silicon Assembly, testing and packaging Designing smartphones Selling chips to consumers

Malaysia handles a significant share of global chip packaging and testing.

Question 4 of 5 What are the twin pillars of the Philippine economy described in this module?

Oil and gas Business process outsourcing and remittances Car exports and tourism Rice and rubber

Call centres and money from overseas workers are central to the economy.

Question 5 of 5 What did Indonesia do to build its nickel processing industry?

Subsidised nickel imports Banned exports of raw nickel ore Closed all mines Joined OPEC

The ban forced smelting to happen in Indonesia, attracting large investment.

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