1	SOUTHEAST ASIA II (CHAPTER 10: 502-529)
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3	REGIONS OF THE REALM MAINLAND REGION VIETNAM (PREVIOUSLY NORTH & SOUTH VIETNAM) CAMBODIA (PREVIOUSLY FRENCH INDO-CHINA) LAOS (PREVIOUSLY FRENCH INDO-CHINA) THAILAND MYANMAR (PREVIOUSLY BURMA)
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6	"81.9 million people" 81.9 million people French delimited Vietnam Not a homogenous colony Divided into three units Tonkin (Hanoi) Cochin China (Saigon) Annam (Hue)
7	"Mekong River Delta" Mekong River Delta Advantageous relative location on Pacific Rim Economic development slow (communist system) Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) has advantage over Hanoi (capital) - accessible by ocean-going vessels Special Economic Zone downstream from Saigon
8	VIETNAM ISSUES/CONCERNS POPULATION (81.9 MILLION) HAS DOUBLED SINCE THE END OF WAR IN 1975 A CLASSIC “ELONGATED COUNTRY” A BI-POLAR ARRANGEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN SAIGON AND HANOI NEW STRATEGY- RETAIN COMMUNIST POLITICAL SYSTEM BUT PURSUE MARKET ECONOMICS
9	"Mekong River" Mekong River Core area in the interior Culturally homogenous (Khmers) Khmer Rouge (communist revolutionaries) Drove people from urban to rural areas Vietnam invaded in 1978 UN sponsored elections 1993
10	CAMBODIA A CLASSIC “COMPACT STATE” POPULATION OF 12.7 MILLION, WITH STRONG ETHNIC AND CULTURAL HOMOGENEITY- 90% KHMERS PHNOM PENH (1.2 MILLION) PRINCIPAL CITY AND CAPITAL A VICTIM OF WARS AND INSURRGENCIES VIETNAM SPILLOVER 1970 - MILITARY DEPOSES OF THE KING 1975 - COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES (KHMER ROUGE) -> KAMPUCHEA INVADED BY VIETNAM IN LATE 1970s
11	"Independence 1949" Independence 1949 Lao People’s Democratic Republic (1975) Communist government Landlocked Rural-based population Little infrastructure and industry
12	LAOS A “LANDLOCKED” STATE A FORMER FRENCH COLONY (1893-1953) POPULATION OF 5.8 MILLION, WITH 50% ETHNIC LAO 17% URBANIZED UNDEVELOPED WITH NO RAILROADS, LITTLE INDUSTRY, AND FEW ROADS THE REALM’S POOREST COUNTRY
13	"Leading state of the region" Leading state of the region Economic growth Relative location Natural environment Social conditions Stifled by mismanagement Bangkok (Venice of Asia) Problems Surface communications Influx of refugees Drugs
14	THAILAND A CLASSIC “PROTRUDED STATE” POPULATION OF 63.6 MILLION HAS THE SLOWEST GROWTH RATE IN THE REALM PER CAPITA GNP IS HIGHER THAN VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND MYANMAR COMBINED BANGKOK- A CLASSIC “PRIMATE CITY” OF 8.1 MILLION ECONOMIC SUCCESS RELATIVE LOCATION NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TAI WORKFORCE
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16	"One of world’s poorest countries" One of world’s poorest countries Independence: 1948 Military government (1962) Irrawaddy River Core areas: Yangon & Mandalay Ethnic diversity Burman 68% Shan 9% Karen 7%
17	MYANMAR A “PROTRUDED STATE”, WITH AN UNSERVICED EXTENSION A FORMER BRITISH COLONY-BURMA, WHICH BECAME INDEPENDENT IN 1948 POPULATION OF 50.3 MILLION, 80 % LITERATE, AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL IS GOOD; VARIED SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SELF-SUFFICIENT IN RICE WORLD’S LEADING PRODUCER OF OPIUM POPPIES
18	INSULAR SOUTHEAST ASIA A SUB-REALM OF PENINSULAS AND ISLANDS SOUTHEAST ASIA’S SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PERIPHERY COMPRISED OF 5 STATES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE COLONIAL HISTORIES MALAYSIA INDONESIA PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE BRUNEI
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22	MALAYSIA FRAGMENTED STATE- MAINLAND-ISLAND TYPE A FORMER BRITISH COLONY MALAYSIA CAME INTO BEING IN 1963, REFERING TO THE FEDERAL ORGANIZATION AND EXPANSION OF MALAYA (ON THE MALAY PENINSULA) TO INCLUDE PARTS OF BORNEO POPULATION OF 25.3 MILLION WITH STRONG ADHERENCE TO ISLAM RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMY WITH 3rd HIGHEST GNP IN THE REALM PINANG-A FUTURE SINGAPORE?
23	SINGAPORE A CITY-STATE SECEDED FROM MALAYSIA IN 1965 POPULATION OF 4.3 MILLION (76 % ARE CHINESE, 15% MALAY, 6% SOUTH ASIAN) ABSOLUTE LOCATION AND SITE WERE INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS, BUT RELATIVE LOCATION AND SITUATION WERE ITS KEYS PER CAPITA GNP: $24,910
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26	INDONESIA A FRAGMENTED STATE OF MORE THAN 13,000 ISLANDS A DUTCH COLONIAL CREATION POPULATION OF 224 MILLION 4 MAJOR ISLANDS (GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS): JAWA (JAVA) SUMATERA (SUMATRA) KALIMANTAN (PART OF BORNEO) SULAWESI (CELEBES) WEST PAPUA JAWA IS THE CORE WITH 125 MILLION LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATION IN THE WORLD
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28	BRUNEI AN ANOMALY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - AN OIL EXPORTING ISLAMIC SULTANATE A BRITISH PROTECTED REMNANT GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 1984 395,000 PEOPLE WITHIN 2,225 SQ MI OIL DISCOVERED IN 1929, NATURAL GAS IN 1965 POPULATION IS 64% MALAY, 20% CHINESE
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30	PHILIPPINES ARCHIPELAGO OF >7,000 ISLANDS, MOST OF WHICH ARE < 1 SQUARE MILE FORMER SPANISH COLONY FOR 300+ YEARS; US POSSESSION (1898-1946) 3 MAIN ISLAND GROUPS LUZON AND MNDORO (NORTH) VISAYAN GROUP (CENTRAL) MINDANAO (SOUTH) 83.9 MILLION PEOPLE; 83% CATHOLIC AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY MANILLA: PRIMATE CITY
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