Title: C.J. Cox
1World Regional Geography
Southeast Asia
Week 10
2Southeast Asia
- Ten Geographic Qualities
- Physical Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Regions States
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6Ten Geographic Qualities
- 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas
islands - 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic religious
geographies)
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- 3. Powerful Foreign Influences
- 4. Political instability conflict
- 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural
areas
8Ten Geographic Qualities
- 6. Poor Intraregional communications
- 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies
- 8. No dominant state although China India have
exerted powerful influence
9Ten Geographic Qualities
- 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of
Singapore - 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region
10Relative Location of Southeast Asia
- Centrally located between South Asia, and the
Pacific Ocean - North of Oceania Asia and south of China Japan
11Southeast Asia
- Ten Geographic Qualities
- Physical Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Regions States
12Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
- Plate Tectonics
- Plateaus
- Deserts
- Mountains
- Rivers
- Lakes
- Climates
13Physical Geography
- Plate Tectonics
- Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine
Plates have created the Philippine Indonesian
archipelago
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15Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
- Rivers
- Mekong River
- Irriwaddy
- Landforms
- Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands
- Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar
Thailand
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17Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
- 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
18Climates of SouthEeast Asia
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20Vegetation Map
21Southeast Asia
- Ten Geographic Qualities
- Physical Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Regions States
22Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Population
- Languages
- Religion
- Agriculture
- Economics
- Historical Geography
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25Population Concentrations
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30Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Population
- 1/2 billion
- concentrations on coasts rivers
- large concentration on the island of Java
31Southeast Asia
- Population Characteristics
- Birth rates 24/1000
- Death rates 8/1000
- Natural Increase 1.6.
- Infant Mortality 55/1000
- Doubling Time 42yrs
- Pop
- Pop 65 4
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35Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Languages
- Sino-Tibetan Languages of Thai, Burmese and
Vietnamese dominate in the north - Malayo Polynesian Language Family dominates in
the southern portion of SE Asia
36Religions
37Religions
38Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Religion
- Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia
- Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos Cambodia
- Islam dominates Malaysia Indonesia
- Christianity in the Philippines
39Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Religion
- Religious landscapes
40Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Agriculture
- subsistence farming
- intensive rice farming
41Agriculture in Southeast Asia
42Aqua farming in Thailand
43Thrashing the grains from the shafts in
Northern Thailand
44Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Economy
- primary industries dominate
- resource rich
- oil in Indonesia Brunei
- manufacturing labor source for the developed
world -
45Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
- Economic Contrasts
- Extreme poverty in Laos, Myranmar Cambodia
- Relative prosperity in Thailand and Malaysia
- Wealthy Singapore Brunei
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52Income levels
53Historical Geography
- Colonial Colonization Trade
- Important in transPacific shipping
- Spain - Philippines 1571-1898
- Dutch - Indonesia 17th century to 1949
- spice Islands
- British - Burma (Myanmar( Malysia)
- France - Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
54Historical Geography
- Japanese Empire of the 20th Century
- Japanese Economic Imperialism
- China Japan as world powers
- Emergence of NICs known as the lesser dragons or
powers of Asia
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58Southeast Asia
- Ten Geographic Qualities
- Physical Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Regions States
59Political Geography of Southeast Asia
60Political Geography
- Elongated Vietnam
- Prorupt Burma Thailand
- Fragmented Indonesia Philippines
- Divided Malaysia
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64Southeast Asia
- Ten Geographic Qualities
- Physical Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Regions States
65World Regional Geography
Southeast Asia
Week 10