The Five Themes of Geography within Thailand Names of group members TE 401 Section 7 Social Studies Methods Michigan State University.

The Five Themes of Geography within Thailand

Names of group membersTE 401 Section 7Social Studies MethodsMichigan State University

Thailand

Location

The absolute location of Thailand

• Latitude: 15 ｰ 00' North

• Longitude: 100 ｰ 00' East

The relative location of Thailand

• Countries located around Thailand:

• Cambodia• Burma• Laos• Vietnam• India

Thailand

Place

Physical/human characteristics of Thailand

• Thailand is one of the most developed and wealthiest countries in Southeast Asia

• Thailand possesses tremendous natural and cultural diversity

• Agricultural land supports rice paddy, upland crops, para rubber, oil palm and perennial crops

Thailand

Human-Environment

Relationships

Environment of Thailand

o How do humans interact with this environment:

o Humans earn their money through planting rice.

o The people are very poor and make $1,697 American dollars every year.

o 77% of their income is spent on food.o Logging has ruined the tropical

forests. o Bangkok has 9 million people living

there, and is now filled with traffic, sewage, pollution, and prostitution.

o The TV is an important part of family life.

o The literacy rate is very high; for females it is 90% and 96% for males.

o The most valuble possession is the motor scooter

o The climate is tropical, rainy, warm from Mid-May to September

o It is dry and cool from November to Mid- March

Climate of Thailand o The climate is tropical,

rainy, warm from Mid-May to September

o It is dry and cool from November to Mid- March

o The Southern Isthmus is always hot

o The terrain is central plains and there is a Khorat Plateau in the east and mountains everywhere else

Thailand

Movement

Political/cultural/religious ideas of Thailand

• Political ideas which spread:• Based on a civil law system-

constitutional monarchy • Political Parties and Leaders:

Democratic Party• Political Pressure Groups:

People’s Alliance for Democracy and Campaign for Democracy

• Have to be 18 years old to vote

• Religious ideas:• 94.6% Buddhist • 4.6% Muslim • .7% Christian • .1% Other

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Region

Thailand’s region:

• Other names for Thailand’s region: • Southeast Asia

• Thailand is slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming

• Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore