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C.J. Cox Instructor Slide 2 Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States Slide 3 Ten Geographic Qualities 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies) Slide 4 Ten Geographic Qualities 3. Powerful Foreign Influences 4. Political instability & conflict 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas Slide 5 Ten Geographic Qualities 6. Poor Intraregional communications 7. Agricultural mainstay of the economies 8. No dominant state although China & India have exerted powerful influence Slide 6 Ten Geographic Qualities 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of Singapore 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region Slide 7 Relative Location of Southeast Asia Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan Slide 8 Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States Slide 9 Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates Slide 10 Physical Geography Plate Tectonics Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have created the Philippine & Indonesian archipelago Slide 11 Slide 12 Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Rivers Mekong River Irriwaddy Landforms Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar & Thailand Slide 13 Slide 14 Physical Geography of Southeast Asia 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 Slide 15 Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States Slide 16 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Population Languages Religion Agriculture Economics Historical Geography Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Population 1/2 billion concentrations on coasts & rivers large concentration on the island of Java Slide 20 Southeast Asia Population Characteristics Birth rates: 24/1000 Death rates: 8/1000 Natural Increase: 1.6% Infant Mortality: 55/1000 Doubling Time: 42yrs Pop < 15: 35% Pop > 65: 4% Slide 21 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Languages North: Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese dominate South MalayPolynesian Language Family dominates in the portion of SE Asia Slide 22 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Religion Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia Christianity in the Philippines Slide 23 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Religion Religious landscapes Slide 24 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Agriculture subsistence farming intensive rice farming Slide 25 Aqua farming in Thailand Slide 26 Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand Slide 27 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Economy primary industries dominate resource rich oil in Indonesia & Brunei manufacturing & labor source for the developed world Slide 28 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Economic Contrasts Extreme poverty in Laos, Myranmar & Cambodia Relative prosperity in Thailand and Malaysia Wealthy Singapore & Brunei Slide 29 Slide 30 Historical Geography Colonial Colonization & Trade Important in Pacific shipping Spain - Philippines 1571-1898 Dutch - Indonesia 17th century to 1949 spice Islands British - Burma (Myanmar & Malysia) France - Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) Slide 31 Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States Slide 32 Political Geography Elongated Vietnam Corrupt Burma & Thailand Fragmented Indonesia & Philippines Divided Malaysia Slide 33