1. © 2010, TESCCC SOUTHEAST ASIA: Overview

2. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Political Geography How would you describe Southeast Asia’s political geography?

3. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 How would you describe Southeast Asia’s physicalgeography?

4. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 How would you describe Southeast Asia’s history?

5. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Understanding the political, physical, and historical geography – how would you characterize the region of Southeast Asia? What effect might this have on the region today? Understanding the political, physical, and historical geography – how would you characterize the region of Southeast Asia? What effect might this have on the region today?

6. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Effects of Geographic Qualities  Political Instability and conflict.  Cluster Population patterns around major port areas.  Cultural fragmentation – complex ethnic, linguistic and religious patterns.

7. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1

8. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1

9. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1

10. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1

11. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 What does this picture tell us? Climate? Physical? Economics?

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13. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 What is this practice called?

14. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Rice farming is a dominant agricultural activity of the region. What does double-cropping mean?

15. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Southeast Asia is an island region consisting of thousands of islands, many of which are uninhabited. What type of economic activities exist in island nations?

16. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Political Geography  TYPES OF COUNTRIES: –COMPACT- CAMBODIA –PROTRUDED- THAILAND –ELONGATED - VIETNAM –FRAGMENTED- PHILLIPINES –PERFORATED- SOUTH AFRICA  How does shape impact political stability?

17. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 COMPACT STATE CAMBODIA  A geographic term to describe a state that possesses a circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the center to any point on the boundary exhibits little variation.  CAMBODIA, URUGUAY, and POLAND are examples.

18. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 ELONGATED STATE VIETNAM  A state whose territory is decidedly long and narrow; its length is at least six times greater than its average width.  CHILE, VIETNAM, and LAOS are classic examples.

19. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 PROTRUDED STATE THAILAND  A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow elongated land extension leading away form the main body of a territory.  THAILAND AND MYANMAR are leading examples.

20. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 FRAGMENTED STATE  A state whose territory consists of several separate parts, not a contiguous whole.  The individual parts may be isolated from each other by other by the land area of other states or by international waters.  PHILIPPINES and INDONESIA are also examples MALAYSIA

21. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 Waterways are used for transportation and as marketplaces. Economic Activities

22. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 CountryGovernmentDevelopmentIssues MyanmarMilitaryRich in natural resources; gov. keeps economy isolated Political freedom & human rights ThailandConstitutional Monarchy Highly industrialized (“Asian Tiger” Maintaining high economic growth LaosCommunistPoor & undevelopedMoving toward market economy; opening up to outside world VietnamCommunist single-party state “Mixed economy” (like China); dynamic private businesses, but limited by government Moving toward market economy; improving relationship with U.S. CambodiaConstitutional monarchy Poor & undevelopedHistory (Cambodian Genocide)

23. © 2010, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 1 CountryGovernmentDevelopmentIssues SingaporeParliamentary republic Highly industrialized (“Asian Tiger”); major trade center --- MalaysiaFederal constitutional elective monarchy Newly industrializedPolitical & economic favoritism of Malay ethnic group IndonesiaUnitary presidential constitutional republic Industrializing, but limited by recent political problems Terrorism (ethnic & religious groups fighting for independence) BruneiUnitary Islamic absolute monarchy Oil & natural gas wealth (90% of GDP) Imports most of its food PhilippinesUnitary presidential constitutional republic Industrializing, but limited by recent political problems Political freedom; religious conflict (Catholics, Muslims) East TimorUnitary parliamentary democratic republic Less developed (much of the infrastructure destroyed during fight for independence) Aftereffects of decades-long struggle for independence from Indonesia (2002)