Use the map to answer the question.

How does the central waterway shown benefit Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore?

A.
It offers people who live in the region an abundant source of clean water.

B.
It provides natural sea barriers to defend them against attack and conquest.

C.
It provides a channel by which they can restrict access to the region by foreign nations.

D.
It ensures a large volume of shipping and trade passes through their ports each year.

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D. It ensures a large volume of shipping and trade passes through their ports each year.

Which economic activity has largely driven development of modern Southeast Asian cities?

(1 point)
Responses

rice farming
rice farming

trade routes
trade routes

lumber milling
lumber milling

rubber production
rubber production