Mainland Southeast Asia Unit 8-Southeast Asia. Population Density.

Mainland Southeast AsiaMainland Southeast Asia

Unit 8-Southeast AsiaUnit 8-Southeast Asia

Population DensityPopulation Density

The PeopleThe People

• 2500 years ago2500 years ago

• Western China and Western China and Eastern TibetEastern Tibet

The PeopleThe People

• BurmansBurmans– Myanmar (Burma)Myanmar (Burma)

• KhmersKhmers– CambodiaCambodia– VietnamVietnam– ThailandThailand

• MonsMons– ThailandThailand– MyanmarMyanmar

• ThaiThai– ThailandThailand

• LaoLao– LaosLaos

Density and DistributionDensity and Distribution

• Avg. 65 People per Avg. 65 People per Square mileSquare mile

• Laos- 25 psmLaos- 25 psm

• Vietnam- 650 psmVietnam- 650 psm

• Increasingly UrbanIncreasingly Urban

• Primate CitiesPrimate Cities– Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City– BangkokBangkok

Kingdoms and EmpiresKingdoms and Empires

• Maritime: Seafaring, Maritime: Seafaring, controlled shipping and controlled shipping and tradetrade

• FunanFunan– 100AD100AD– Gulf of ThailandGulf of Thailand– HinduismHinduism– Centralized GovernmentCentralized Government

• KhmerKhmer– 1100-1200s1100-1200s– Complex agricultureComplex agriculture– Magnificent ArchitectureMagnificent Architecture

Khmer Empire-Angkor WatKhmer Empire-Angkor Wat

Western ColonizationWestern Colonization

• Spheres of InfluenceSpheres of Influence– Prevent warfarePrevent warfare

• Siam (Thailand) as Siam (Thailand) as Buffer StateBuffer State– Remain NeutralRemain Neutral– Only area to remain Only area to remain

freefree

• Small farms to large Small farms to large plantationsplantations

• Indian and Chinese Indian and Chinese immigrants hired by immigrants hired by EuropeansEuropeans

Independence: MyanmarIndependence: Myanmar

• 1965- Independent1965- Independent

• 1980s, military coup1980s, military coup

• Martial Law: Control Martial Law: Control an policing of an policing of civilians by military civilians by military rulesrules

Independence: CambodiaIndependence: Cambodia

• 1975- Khmer Rouge1975- Khmer Rouge– CommunistCommunist– Forced people out of Forced people out of

cities and on to farmscities and on to farms

• 1975-1979: 1 Million 1975-1979: 1 Million die die – StarvationStarvation– OverworkOverwork– DiseaseDisease– ExecutionExecution

Khmer Rouge: A Legacy of Khmer Rouge: A Legacy of DeathDeath

Culture: Education and Culture: Education and HealthcareHealthcare

• Literacy has increased dramaticallyLiteracy has increased dramatically

• Inadequate HealthcareInadequate Healthcare– Lack of sanitationLack of sanitation– Lack of medicineLack of medicine

• HIV and AIDS becoming more HIV and AIDS becoming more prevalent in Cambodia, Thailand, and prevalent in Cambodia, Thailand, and MyanmarMyanmar

LanguageLanguage

• Hundreds of LanguagesHundreds of Languages

• Root Language: Sino-TibetanRoot Language: Sino-Tibetan

• Root Language: Mon-KhmerRoot Language: Mon-Khmer

• Tonal Languages: Variations in pitch Tonal Languages: Variations in pitch are used to distinguish between are used to distinguish between words that might be pronounced the words that might be pronounced the same way.same way.

ReligionReligion

Arts and LeisureArts and Leisure

• Songkran Festival: ThailandSongkran Festival: Thailand– Buddhist New Year CelebrationBuddhist New Year Celebration

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