2. Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

6. Ten Geographic Qualities F 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands F 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies)

7. Ten Geographic Qualities F 3. Powerful Foreign Influences F 4. Political instability & conflict F 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas

8. Ten Geographic Qualities F 6. Poor Intraregional communications F 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies F 8. No dominant state although China & India have exerted powerful influence

9. Ten Geographic Qualities F 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of Singapore F 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region

10. Relative Location of Southeast Asia F Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean F North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan

11. Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

12. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F Plate Tectonics F Plateaus F Deserts F Mountains F Rivers F Lakes F Climates

13. Physical Geography  Plate Tectonics –Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have created the Philippine & Indonesian archipelago

15. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F Rivers –Mekong River –Irrawaddy F Landforms –Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands –Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar & Thailand

17. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F Climates –Tropical Rainforest Climate dominates Malaysia & Indonesia –Tropical Savanna Climate dominates the northern portion of SE Asia including Thailand, Cambodia & the southern part of Vietnam

21. Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

22. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia –Population –Languages –Religion –Agriculture –Economics –Historical Geography

28. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Religion –Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia u Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia –Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia –Christianity in the Philippines

29. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Religion – Religious landscapes

30. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Agriculture –subsistence farming u intensive rice farming

31. Aqua farming in Thailand

32. Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand

39. Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States