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SOUTHEAST ASIA: Overview

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Political GeographyHow would you describe Southeast

Asia’s political geography?How would you describe Southeast

Asia’s political geography?

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How would you describe Southeast Asia’s physicalgeography?

How would you describe Southeast Asia’s physicalgeography?

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How would you describe Southeast Asia’s history?

How would you describe Southeast Asia’s history?

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Understanding the political, physical, and historical geography – how would

you characterize the region of Southeast Asia?

What effect might this have on the region today?

Understanding the political, physical, and historical geography – how would

you characterize the region of Southeast Asia?

What effect might this have on the region today?

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Effects of Geographic Qualities

Political Instability and conflict.

Cluster Population patterns around major port areas.

Cultural fragmentation – complex ethnic, linguistic and religious patterns.

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What does this picture tell us? Climate? Physical? Economics?

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What is this practice called?

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Rice farming is a dominant agricultural activity of the region. What does double-cropping mean?

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Southeast Asia is an island region consisting of thousands of islands, many of which are uninhabited.

What type of economic activities exist in island nations?

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Political Geography

TYPES OF COUNTRIES:– COMPACT- CAMBODIA– PROTRUDED- THAILAND– ELONGATED - VIETNAM– FRAGMENTED- PHILLIPINES– PERFORATED- SOUTH AFRICA

How does shape impact political stability?

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COMPACT STATE

CAMBODIA

A 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.

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ELONGATED STATEVIETNAM

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 form the main body of a territory.

THAILAND AND MYANMAR are leading examples.

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FRAGMENTED STATE A state whose

territory consists of several separate parts, not a contiguous whole.

The individual parts may be isolated from each other by other by the land area of other states or by international waters.

PHILIPPINES and INDONESIA are also examples

MALAYSIA

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Waterways are used for transportation and as marketplaces.

EconomicActivities

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Country Government Development Issues

Myanmar Military Rich in natural resources; gov. keeps economy isolated

Political freedom & human rights

Thailand Constitutional Monarchy

Highly industrialized (“Asian Tiger”

Maintaining high economic growth

Laos Communist Poor & undeveloped Moving toward market economy; opening up to outside world

Vietnam Communist single-party state

“Mixed economy” (like China); dynamic private businesses, but limited by government

Moving toward market economy; improving relationship with U.S.

Cambodia Constitutional monarchy

Poor & undeveloped History (Cambodian Genocide)

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Country Government Development Issues

Singapore Parliamentary republic

Highly industrialized (“Asian Tiger”); major trade center

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Malaysia Federal constitutional elective monarchy

Newly industrialized Political & economic favoritism of Malay ethnic group

Indonesia Unitary presidential constitutional republic

Industrializing, but limited by recent political problems

Terrorism (ethnic & religious groups fighting for independence)

Brunei Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy

Oil & natural gas wealth (90% of GDP)

Imports most of its food

Philippines Unitary presidential constitutional republic

Industrializing, but limited by recent political problems

Political freedom; religious conflict (Catholics, Muslims)

East Timor Unitary parliamentary democratic republic

Less developed (much of the infrastructure destroyed during fight for independence)

Aftereffects of decades-long struggle for independence from Indonesia (2002)