SOUTHEAST ASIA I

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SOUTHEAST ASIA -I
E. J. PALKA
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MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

• A FRAGMENTED REALM OF NUMEROUS ISLAND COUNTRIES
  AND PENINSULAS
• PHYSIOGRAPHY DOMINATED BY HIGH RELIEF, CRUSTAL
  INSTABILITY, AND TROPICAL CLIMATES
• EXHIBITS CHARACTERISTICS OF A SHATTER BELT
• POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND CONFLICT
• CLUSTERED POPULATION PATTERNS
• POOR INTRAREGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
• CULTURAL FRAGMENTATION (COMPLEX ETHNIC,
  LINGUISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS PATTERNS)

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SOUTHEAST ASIA
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ETHNICITY
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COLONIAL SPHERES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

• A SYSTEMATIC FIELD OF GEOGRAPHY THAT FOCUSES ON
  THE SPATIAL EXPRESSIONS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
• KEY TERMS
• SUPRANATIONALISM
• BALKANIZATION
• IRREDENTISM
• GEOPOLITICS
• DEVOLUTION
• FRIEDRICH RATZEL (1844 - 1904)

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY(CONTINUED)

• STATE TERRITORIAL MORPHOLOGY
• COMPACT- CAMBODIA
• PROTRUDED (EXTENDED)- THAILAND
• ELONGATED (ATTENUATED)- VIETNAM
• FRAGMENTED- PHILLIPINES
• PERFORATED- SOUTH AFRICA
• THE IMPACT OF SHAPE?

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY(CONTINUED)

• BOUNDARIES
• DEFINITION VS DELIMITATION VS DEMARCATION
• MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS
• GEOMETRIC
• PHYSIOGRAPHIC
• ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHIC
• GENETIC CLASSIFICATIONS
• ANTECEDENT
• SUBSEQUENT
• SUPERIMPOSED
• RELICT

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GENETIC CLASSIFICATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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ANTECEDENT
MALAYSIA
BRUNEI
INDONESIA
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SUPERIMPOSED
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA
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RELICT BOUNDARY
FORMER NORTH
VIETNAM
FORMER SOUTH
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SUBSEQUENT BOUNDARY
CHINA
SOUTH CHINA SEA
LAOS
VIETNAM
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SHAPES OF STATES
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COMPACT STATE

• A POLITICO-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.

CAMBODIA
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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.

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PROTRUDED STATE
THAILAND

• A TYPE OF TERRITORIAL SHAPE THAT EXHIBITS A
  NARROW, ELONGATED LAND EXTENSION LEADING AWAY
  FROM THE MAIN BODY OF THE TERRITORY
• THAILAND AND MYANMAR ARE LEADING EXAMPLES.

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FRAGMENTED STATE

• A STATE WHOSE TERRITORY CONSISTS OF SEVERAL
  SEPARATED PARTS, NOT A CONTIGUOUS WHOLE
• THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS MAY BE ISOLATED FROM EACH
  OTHER BY THE LAND AREA OF OTHER STATES OR BY
  INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
• PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA ARE ALSO EXAMPLES.

MALAYSIA
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SOUTHEAST ASIA -I

• (CHAPTER 10 486-501)

E. J. PALKA