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Introduction to South-east
Asia
CHAPTER OUTLINE
I.
II.
Historical Geography
III.
Political Geography
IV.
Economic Geography
Where is S. E Asia?
The
Philippines
archipelago
(Chain of islands) exists of more
than 7,000 islands.
Economic
activity
directly
connects S.E. Asia to the rest of
the world.
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From Colonies to
Countries
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World War I
&
World War II
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Negative Effects:
Tens of thousands of people died
of starvation or working as slave
laborers.
Women in some countriesthe
Philippines, Indonesia, Burma
were forced to become comfort
women or prostitutes.
Data show that more than
200,000 women were forced in to
prostitution during the Japanese
occupation of S.E. Asia.
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Positive Effects:
Japans slogan in 1942 was, The
leader of Asia, the protector of
Asia, the Light of Asia.
To help to promote nationalist
movements in some countries
Vietnam, Indonesia and the
Philippines.
To cast off European and American
colonial powers from the region.
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President Harry
S Truman
With the battle of Midway, the tide of WW II
(1884- 1972)
the1945Pacific started to turn toward the
In in
office:
United
1953 States and the Allies.
They believe
independence.
that
they
now
deserved
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Indonesia
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John F Kennedy
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th second Indo-China war happened after
The
US President
amongst concerned parties.
Indisagreement
Office: 1961- 63
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Finally,
Cambodia
gained
full
independence from France on November
9, 1953 under the crusade of Prince
Sihanouk.
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Pol Pot
The
(19281998) continued till 1979
regime
InVietnam
Office: 197679
invaded
Cambodia.
when
He served as the
minister of Singapore.
first
prime
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The Philippines
The
Philippines
and
the
US
maintained strong economic and
military relationship for several
decades after WW II.
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for
In
1988,
massive
public
demonstration forced Ne Win to
resign from office.
An
estimated
10,000
demonstrators were killed in
Rangoon (Yangon) when the
military fired on them with
machine guns.
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Political Geography of
South-east Asia
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Monarchy
is
another
form
of
government, one in which a ruling
family presides over the government.
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1.
Brunei Darusalam
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Cambodia
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3. The
Indonesia
.
The
resent
political
roots
of
Indonesias government lie with
Dutch and also in Japans wartime
occupation of the country.
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called
the
five
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The
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63
Laos
few
The
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Malaysia
is
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Malaysia
bicameral
parliament
represent the Legislative Branch.
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Burma
Democratic
foundations
were
established in the early years after
independent.
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The Philippines
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72
Corazon
Aquino,
widow
of
Beningno, declared herself the
winner, when the reelected Marcos
in 1986 was found corrupted and
unfair.
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Singapore
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Singapores
parliament
is
a
unicameral which has only one
house, designated by the 1965
constitution.
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Thailand
Thailand
monarchy.
is
constitutional
The
prime
minister,
who
is
appointed by the king, serves as the
head of the government.
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Vietnam
The constitution
adopted in 1992.
of
Vietnam
was
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Foreign Relations
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Economic Geography of
South-east Asia
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Brunei
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2.
Burma
Opium fruit
Illegal drugs are believed to account for
exuding
a significant,
although undocumented,
Latex
from the
partcut
of the economy.
3.
Cambodia
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4.
Indonesia
Rice serves
Indonesians.
as
staple
diet
of
5.
Laos
Livestock include
pigs, and cattle.
water
buffalo,
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6.
Malaysia
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The factor
stability and
are essential
companies
investment.
contributes to the
trustworthiness that
for attracting foreign
and
other
capital
The Philippines
textiles,
pharmaceuticals,
chemicals,
food processing,
petroleum refining
8.
Singapore
Machinery,
equipment,
electronics,
chemicals
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9.
Thailand
Agricultural
processing
include:
Beverages, and tobacco, and light
manufacturing.
10.
Vietnam
This
factor,
because
of
communist
leadership, late reform of free-economic
system, has hampered Vietnams growth.
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Questions
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