SOUTHEAST ASIA MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

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SOUTHEAST ASIAMAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

• FRAGMENTED REALM -- PHYSIOGRAPHY
• SHATTER BELT CHARACTERISTICS
• POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND CONFLICT
• CLUSTERED POPULATION PATTERNS
• POOR INTRAREGIONAL COMMINICATIONS
• CULTURAL FRAGMENTATION

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Definition
• KEY TERMS
• Supranationalism
• Balkinization
• Irredentism
• Geopolitics
• Devolution

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY(continued)

• Definition
• Delimitation
• Demarcation
• Geometric
• Physiographic
• Anthropogeographic
• Antecedent
• Subsequent
• Superimposed
• Relict

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY(continued)

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

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MAINLAND REGION

• VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA, THAILAND, MYANMAR
• MAJOR RELIGION
• A MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIETHNIC REGION
• ONE OF THE LEAST URBANIZED REALMS IN THE WORLD
• CORE AREAS

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VIETNAM

• Population
• Major religion
• Major Divisions
• Mekong River Delta
• Major harbors
• Issues/Concerns
• New Economic Strategy

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KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

• Capital
• Mekong River
• Interior core
• Culturally homogenous
• Khmer Rouge
• KAMPUCHEA

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LAOS

• Government
• Geographic situation
• Economy
• Industry/Infrastructure

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KINGDOM OF THAILAND

• Economy
• Capital
• Problems

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MYANMAR (Burma)

• Economy
• Core areas
• Ethnic diversity
• Industry

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INSULAR SOUTH ASIA

• A SUB-REALM OF PENINSULAS AND ISLANDS
• MALAYSIA, INDONESIA,PHILLIPINES, SINGAPORE,
  BRUNEI
• COLONIAL HISTORIES
• POLITICALLY FRAGMENTED
• IMPACT OF ISLAM
• MULTICULTURAL/MULTIETHNIC

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MALAYSIA

• MALAYSIA CAME INTO BEING IN 1963,
• THE FEDERAL ORGANIZATION AND EXPANSION OF MALAYA
  (ON THE MALAY PENINSULA) TO INCLUDE PARTS OF
  BORNEO
• FRAGMENTED STATE- MAINLAND-ISLAND TYPE
• A FORMER BRITISH COLONY
• POPULATION
• ECONOMY

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SINGAPORE

• CITY-STATE
• SECEDED FROM MALAYSIA IN 1965
• POPULATION
• ABSOLUTE LOCATION/RELATIVE LOCATION
• ECONOMY

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INDONESIA

• FRAGMENTED STATE
• POPULATION/RELIGION
• LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATION IN THE WORLD
• 4 MAJOR ISLANDS (GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS)
• JAWA (JAVA)
• SUMATERA (SUMATRA)
• KALIMANTAN (PART OF BORNEO)
• SULAWESI (CELEBES)
• CORE

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BRUNEI

• GOVERNMENT
• Islamic Sultantate
• POPULATION
• ECONOMY

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PHILIPPINESARCHIPELAGO OF gt7,000 ISLANDS

• POLITICAL HISTORY
• MAJOR RELIGION
• ECONOMY
• PRIMATE CITY