Geography Final Ch.13 Southeast Asia

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env geo

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rainforests are vital centers of biological diversity, but they are rapidly disappearing due to commercial logging and ag expansion

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settlement and population

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river valleys, deltas, and areas of volcanic soil tend to be densly pop, whereas most of its upland areas are still lightly settled

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cult coherence and diversity

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noted for both its linguistic and religious diversity; much of the region however is plagued by ethnic conflicts and religious tensions

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geopolitical framework

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one of the most geopol. united regions of the world, w/all but 1 of its countries belonging to the Assoc. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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eco and social dev.

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contains some of the worlds most globalized and dynamic economies, as well as some of the most isolated and impoverished

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Assoc of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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inc every country in the region except East Timor, has created a generally effective system of regional cooperation

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Burmese

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refers to all the inhabitants of Burma

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Burmans

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refers only to the countrys dominant Burmese-speaking ethnic group

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monsoon

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seasonally shifting wind that affect almost all of SE Asia

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tsunamis ("tidal waves")

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created from shifting tectonic plates (undersea earthquake)

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typhoons

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"hurricanes"; strog storms that bring devastating winds and torrential rain

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swidden system

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small plots of several acres of forest or brush are periodically cut by hand; shifting cultivation or "slash-and-burn" ag; practiced throughout the rugged uplands of both mainland and island SE Asia

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shifting cultivation

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cycle of cutting, burning, and planting is moved to another small plot not far away

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"Golden Triangle"

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in the mountains of northern SE Asia one of the main cash crops is opium grown by the local farmers for the global drug trade; (Burma is the worlds lgst opium producer after Afghanistan)

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transmigration

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(Indonesia has the most explicit policy of it) relocation of its pop from 1 region to another w/in its national territory

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primate cities

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(many SE Asian countries have this) single, lg urban settlement that overshadow all others

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lingua franca

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common trade language used by ppl of diff communities throughout much of the insular realm

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Khmer Rouge

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guerrillas gained considerable power in Cambodia

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domino theory

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in Washington DC this became accepted foreign policy; if Vietnam fell to the communists, then so would Laos and Cambodia...

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crony capitalism

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(Marcos regime instituted it) the presidents friends were given huge eco favors, while those believed to be the enemies has their propteries taken

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entrepot

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port city; a place where goods are imported, stored, and then transshipped to one of the worlds wealthiest and most modern states

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Bumiputra ("sons of the soil")

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eco power is transferred to the dominant Malay community by "affirtimative action"