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Southeast Asia. Where is Southeast ASIA??. http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm. Countries of Southeast Asia:. laos. myanmar. thailand. brunei. Philippines. vietnam. singapore. indonesia. Malaysia. Cambodia. Physical Features:.
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Southeast Asia
Where is Southeast ASIA?? http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm
Countries of Southeast Asia: laos myanmar thailand brunei Philippines vietnam singapore indonesia Malaysia Cambodia
Physical Features: • Archipelagos – a set of closely grouped islands • Volcanoes • “Ring of Fire”
Archipelago The Philippines Indonesia
Volcanoes Krakatoa – Indonesia There are over 100 volcanoes in Indonesia
BODIES OF WATER MEKONG RIVER
Archipelago Countries The Philippines Indonesia
CLIMATE REGIONS • TROPICAL WET • TROPICAL WET AND DRY
NATURAL HAZARDS TYPHOONS – A TROPICAL STORM LIKE A HURRICANE THAT OCCURS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
EARTHQUAKES DUE TO BEING PART OF THE RING OF FIRE
Tsunami – a huge wave of great destructive power
History: • China and India influenced • ancient Southeast Asia • mandalas – states organized as • rings of power around a central court • Khmer Empire – powerful mandala in • what is now Cambodia
European colonialism • Indochina- French colony made up of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS • Religious Diversity: • Buddhism - widespread • Christianity – Philippines • Muslim – Indonesia & Brunei • Hinduism
Cultural Landscape Angkor Wat Cambodia
Temples Pagodas Buddhism house of worship
Terracing – What do you think they are growing?