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| Archipelagos in southeast Asia |
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Indonesia
Philippines
Brunei |
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-Highly Contested Territory in South
-China Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) |
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-Intertropical Convergence Zone
-The mainland is drier with more seasonal rainfall. El nino |
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| Deciduous and Evergreen trees |
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Deciduous forests – drop their leaves in the dry season
Evergreen Forests – have leaves all year round |
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| Deforestation and its impacts |
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Endangering animals through loss of habitat
Flooding
Soil erosion |
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-Mekong River (several countries; Longest and most important in Southeast Asia)
-Irrawaddy River (Burma)
-Chao Phraya River (Thailand)
-Red River (Vietnam) |
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| An earthquake that originates under the ocean |
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| over a deep ocean trench (The Mariana Trench) it marks the boundary of bio-geographical division between Asia and Australia |
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| Country and city with highest populations |
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| Indonesia, Jave, with 125 million people |
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| in Cambodia: a major tourist destination and one of the largest religious structures ever built |
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Malacca – Malaysia
Molucca Islands – spice islands - Indonesia |
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Malaysia- Portugal
The philipeans- spain
Burma- Britain
molucca islands- Dutch |
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| Three kinds of migration patterns |
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-Transmigration (in Indonesia)
-Internal migration (refugees, workers)
-International Migration |
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Buddhism – mainland
Islam – island region
Hinduism
Burma
Java
Bali
Christianity
Philippines – 85%
Traditional local beliefs |
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| If Vietnam fell to the Soviet and Chinese supported communist bloc, then Pacific would be next |
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| Communist movement in Cambodia |
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| Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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economic complementarity between the three nodes
Johor – Singapore - Riau |
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East Timor – Portuguese colony until 1976
Handed over to Indonesia in 1976 |
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