1) Mongolia, China, Siberia or somewhere in Africa...i forgot...lol...
2) vang, xiong, yang, moua, lee, khang, fang, thao, vue, chang, her, cha, hang, lor
3) thailand, laos, china
4) Laos
5) US
6) california, minnesota, mass.
7) white & green
8) all words can be formed from adding the prefixes...