Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical

Ten Geographic Qualities F 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands F

Ten Geographic Qualities F 3. Powerful Foreign Influences F 4. Political instability & conflict

Ten Geographic Qualities 6. Poor Intraregional communications F 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies

Ten Geographic Qualities 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of Singapore F 10. Former

Relative Location of Southeast Asia Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Plate Tectonics F Plateaus F Deserts F Mountains F

Physical Geography F Plate Tectonics – Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F Rivers – Mekong River – Irrawaddy F Landforms

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F Climates – Tropical Rainforest Climate dominates Malaysia &

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia – Population – Languages – Religion – Agriculture –

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Religion – Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia u

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Religion – Religious landscapes

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Agriculture – subsistence farming u intensive rice farming

Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand

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Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

Ten Geographic Qualities F 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands F 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies)

Ten Geographic Qualities F 3. Powerful Foreign Influences F 4. Political instability & conflict F 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas

Ten Geographic Qualities 6. Poor Intraregional communications F 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies F 8. No dominant state although China & India have exerted powerful influence F

Ten Geographic Qualities 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of Singapore F 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region F

Relative Location of Southeast Asia Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean F North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan F

Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Plate Tectonics F Plateaus F Deserts F Mountains F Rivers F Lakes F Climates F

Physical Geography F Plate Tectonics – Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have created the Philippine & Indonesian archipelago

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F Rivers – Mekong River – Irrawaddy F Landforms – Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands – Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar & Thailand

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia F 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

Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia – Population – Languages – Religion – Agriculture – Economics – Historical Geography

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Religion – Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia u Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia – Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia – Christianity in the Philippines

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Religion – Religious landscapes

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia F Agriculture – subsistence farming u intensive rice farming

Aqua farming in Thailand

Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand

Southeast Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States