1. Southeast Asia
Geography

2. Southeast Asia
Consists of two peninsulas and a series of archipelagos and islands
Indochinese Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
Philippine Islands
Malay Archipelago

3. Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos
Rugged mountains
Low plateaus
Plains
Rivers that flood often

4. Islands of Southeast Asia
More than 20,000 islands in the region
Island nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor
Volcanic mountains
Rainforests

5. Resources Fertile soil allows for growing and harvesting
Commercial Fishing
Fossil Fuels and Minerals
Iron and Tin
Gas and oil
Harvesting of crops
Tea
Rice
Rubber
Spices
Coffee
Sugarcane

6. Climate Tropical Savanna Mainland Warm to hot all year
Monsoons bring rain in summer
Areas full of tall grasses and trees
Humid Tropical
Islands and Malay Peninsula
Hot, muggy, and rainy year round
Typhoons bring heavy rain
Rainforests

7. Monsoons Summer Monsoons Winter Monsoons Hot and rainy
Brings lots of flooding to region
May to October
Winter Monsoons
Dry and Hot
November to April

8. Ring of Fire and Natural Disasters
Climate and the fact that the Ring of Fire runs through the region creates an environment perfect for natural disasters
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Typhoons
Allows for many different types of adaptations and modifications