2017 final exam review

1. Final Exam Review Southeast Asian Studies 2017

2. QUIZ
MYANMAR
THAILAND
LAOS
VIETNAM
CAMBODIA
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
INDONESIA
BRUNEI
THE PHILIPPINES
EAST TIMOR
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3. What is a
monsoon?
•A seasonal shift in the prevailing wind direction
•Asian monsoon (India to Southeast Asia)

4. •Lower/ Upper Myanmar
•Lower: coastal area with
thick forest (teak)
•Irrawaddy River
•Valuable hard wood
accounts for 50% of the
country
•SW monsoon wind
MYANMAR

5. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Thailand_Topography.png/433px-Thailand_Topography.png
•Northern high mountains
•Central plain with Chao
Praya River (rice)
•Northeast plateau (cotton
and cattle)
•SW monsoon = heavy rain
•NE monsoon = cool, dry
season
THAILAND
Korat Plateau

6. •Alluvial plain
•Mekong River in the
East
•Tonele Sap
•Mountains block way
out to the sea
•SW monsoon = heavy
rain
•NE monsoon = cool,
dry season
Cambodia
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/116302/116302,1245503705,1/stock-photo-
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http://www.aboutasiatravel.com/cambodia/map/physical-map.htm

7. •Low land, hills, densely forested
highland
• Red River Delta
•More populated
•Rice planting
•Coastal lowland- rice planting
•Central mountains
•Mekong River Delta
•Alluvial deposit
•Rice growing area
•SW- rainfall, NE - cool, dry
Red River Delta
Coastal plain
Central mountains
Mekong River Delta
Vietnam

8. •Only landlocked country
•Mountainous Area
•Steep terrain
•Narrow river valley
•Not suitable for agriculture
•Farming in the south
•Only 4% of land area is
suitable for farming
•SW monsoon = heavy rain
•NE monsoon = cool, dry
season
Laos

9. •646 sq km
•15 meters asl
•Bukit Timah,
highest point
•Tropical rainforest
climate
•32/90 degree
• 90% lives in lats
and high building
•Concrete Jungle
SINGAPORE
Bukit Timah
165 m.

10. •Flat coastal plain
•Eastern mountain
•Hilly lowland in
the west
•Export crude oil
and gas
•NE monsoon=
rainfall
•SW monsoon =
rainfall
Brunei

11. •13,677 islands
•Two continental
shelves
•Lots of volcanic
mountains
•50 active volcanos on
Java
•NE and SW monsoons
bring heavy rain
•Western and
northern receive
heaviest rain
INDONESIA

12. •4/5 rainforest,
swamp
•Malay Peninsula
•mountainous
area
•people live on the
west
•Borneo Island
•plain and
mountains
•rainforest
•NE and SW brings
rain all year round
Malaysia

13. •7,107 islands
•Luzon, Visayas,
Mindanao
•3 stars on the lag
•Tropical marine
climate
•Heavy rain from
May-Oct (SW)
The Philippines Luzon
Visaya
Mindanao

14. EAST TIMOR
•Surrounded by lat
plain
•High mountains in the
central
•Source of all rivers of
East Timor
•Tropical monsoon
climate
•July-Nov = cool, dry
•Dec-Mar = heavy rain

15. COLONIAL
HISTORY
of Southeast Asia
http://qed.princeton.edu/getfile.php?f=Autonomous_States_and_Colonies_1792-1860.jpg
“How colonization shaped
what Southeast Asia is
today?”

16. MOTIVES: NATIONAL SECURITY
In order to remain a strong country, Imperialists
believed:
a strong industrial economy
a steady supply of raw materials for the
industrial economy
a strong military to protect economy interest

17. MOTIVES: STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE
Did not want other countries to get ahead of
them.

18. MOTIVES: NATIONALISM
People felt proud when their country ruled a
large empire.

19. MOTIVES: SOCIAL DARWINISM
Based on Racism:
Europeans were better than other people
They believed this made it OK for them to
rule other people.

20. MOTIVES: MISSIONARY IMPULSE
Spread their religion to people in other parts
of the world.
Bring modern inventions and technology to
these people to make their lives better.

21. MOTIVES: INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
Need for raw materials
Cheap labor from the natives in the colonies

22. MEKONG RIVER
THE LIFE-GIVING RIVER
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23. Facts:The Mekong
✤
The longest river of SEA
✤
4,900 kilometers / 3,000 miles
✤
From Yunnan to South China Sea
✤
China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,
Cambodia, Vietnam
✤ 44% of its course is in China.

24. The Life-Giving River
2 %
16 %
35 %
18 %
18 %
11 %
✤ 60 million people
✤ Lower Mekong Basin - Laos,
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
✤ Connected to river’s natural cycles
✤ 80% of protein needs
✤ Diverse, productive inland fisheries
✤ 2.6 million tons a year
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/
Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif

25. Tonle Sap
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039980
✤ The largest freshwater lake in SEA
✤ A combined lake and river system
✤ UNESCO biosphere, 1997
✤ Its flow changes directions.
✤ Lake expands and shrinks with
seasons.

26. History of Cambodia

27. Kingdom of Angkor
First Government
Lasted from AD 802-1431
Powerful empire including
Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos (30
million people)
Hinduism, temple built of stone
carved with myths and stories
Temple of Angkor Wat
Wat = Temple

28. Kingdom of Angkor
Shift from Hinduism to Buddhism
Thailand invaded in 1431
Vietnamese invaded.
Lost territories to Thailand and
Vietnam
Capital moved to Phnom Penh
(1432)
Simple agricultural life

29. Khmer Rouge Genocide
1940s Communist movement to
oppose the French Rule
Better treatment for farmers
Khmer Rouge - Red Cambodians- led
by Pol Pot
1975 Khmer Rough took over
Cambodia, killed middle or upper
class- a country without class
During 1975-1979, 1.7 millions people
died
http://cdn.radionetherlands.nl/data/files/imagecache/must_carry/images/lead/
cambodia%20genocide.jpg

30. A Hazy Situation
Transboundary Issue of SoutheastAsia

31. What is transboundary issue?
Recently used for resource
development and management
planning
Refers to the movement of
physical and biological resources
Or of impacts associated with
these resources
Across political boundaries
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/eia/images/practical_guide/transp.jpg

32. Transboundary Pollution
Pollution that originates in one
country but is able to cause
damage in another country’s
environment
Crossing borders through water or
air
From a heavy emitter and deposit
it on a lower emission country http://pgislandboy.blogspot.com/2009/08/those-hazy-days-cough.html

33. Forest Fire & Haze
Fire occurs in dry season
annually
Esp. Sumatra and Kalimantan
Transportation sector, economic
activities, health problems
Transboundary issue, i.e.
Singapore and Malaysia

34. ORANGUTANS
critically endangered species of indonesia

35. ORANGUTAN
Long lifetime (50 years),
long ‘childhood’
Low reproductive rate
45,000-69,000 Bornean
orangutans and 7,300
Sumatran orangutans

36. ENDANGERED SPECIES
Sumatran orangutan =
Critically Endangered
Since 1900, number fallen
by 91%
Result of logging,
infrastructure
development, internal

37. ORANGUTANS
Native to Indonesia and
Malaysia
Endangered by illegal logging,
forest fires, palm oil plantation
Illegal hunting and trade
Timber companies illegally
entered national parks

38. DISTRIBUTION OF ORANGUTAN

39. ILLEGAL LOGGING
Asian, European, North American
market for illegally logged wood
products
73-88% of logging is illegal.
If remained unsolved, very few
orangutans will be left in 2 decades.
98% of forest maybe destroyed by
2022.

40. ORANGUTAN
Survive in tropical rainforest of
Borneo, N.Sumatra
Rainforest is source of food and
nesting sites.
Affected by deforestation and
logging, being killed for meat
and protection of new crop

41. Thai Language
❖ Sa wad dee Ka
❖ Sa wad dee Krub
❖ Di Chan chue ……….
❖ Phom chue ………..

42. Wish you all good results.
❖ โชคดีนะครับทุกคน
❖ Chok Dee Na Krub Took Khon.
❖ Good Luck to Everyone.