Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia
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• ½ size of U.S.
• 10 Countries Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
  Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Singapore,
  Indonesia, East Timor

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• Archipelago group of islands
• Indochina and Malay Peninsulas
• Ring of Fire volcanoes
• Indonesia has over 100

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Natural Resources

• Fossil Fuels
• Gemstones
• Minerals

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Climate

• Tropical
• Rainforests- hot, humid, rainy

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History

• Colonized by Europeans
• Grew coffee, tobacco, tea

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Vietnam

• French colony
• Independence 1954
• North Communism
• South Democracy
• Vietcong (North) invaded South in 1963

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War

• U.S. provided aid
• Attacked in Gulf of Tonkin
• Troops in 1965
• Draft in 1969

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Tactics U.S.

• Helicopters, bombers, tanks, ground troops
• Agent Orange herbicide
• Side Effects

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Agent Orange
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Tactics Vietcong

• Guerilla warfare
• Knowledge of terrain
• Weapons from China, USSR
• 200 miles of tunnels
• Booby traps punji sticks, land mines, trip wires

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Tsunami 2004

• Indian Ocean earthquake triggered tsunami
• Deadliest on record
• 310,000 killed

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