Usea

Understanding

Southeast Asia

Rationale

• promote an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of the region

• nurture Singaporeans who are comfortable operating in the region

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Southeast Asia

A Region of Diversity and Dynamism

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• A sub-region of Asia, geographically south of China, east of India, and north of Australia

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LESTE

• Consists of two geographic regions:1. Asian mainland: Cambodia,

Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam

2. Island arcs and archipelago - Brunei, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore

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Area 4,523,000 km²

Population 568,300,000

Density 126 per km²

Countries 11

GDP $900 billion

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Ethnic GroupsAustronesian people, Chinese ethnic groups, Eurasian (mixed ancestry), Filipino people, Malays (ethnic group), Negrito, Tai

peoples, and Southeast Asian American Languages Indonesian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, Lao, Tetum, Nicobarese, Mandarin, English, Tamil, Portuguese, Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telugu, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Cebuano, Madura, Cantonese, Min, Taiwanese (Min Nan), and many others

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Quick History: Delayering SEA

• Though 11 countries currently make up the region, the history of each country is intertwined with all the others.

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• History of the countries within the region only started to develop independently of each other after European colonialisation

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• The earliest population of Southeast Asia were animist

• Brahmanic Hinduism followed by Buddhism in replaced Animism c.1 CE

• Islam arrived mostly through Indian Muslims and later dominated much of the archipelago around the 13th century

• Christianity came along when European colonisation started around the 16th century

Ancient Kingdoms

Around 2,500 BCE, inhabitants (Austronesians) from southern China migrated to islands of the Philippines and later to modern day Malaysia and Indonesia

Malacca, Johore-Riau

Coming of Europeans and Colonialism

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Decolonisation, Independence and Nation-building

• Philippines – 1946• Indonesia – 1947• Myanmmar – 1948• Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia – 1954• Malaya – 1957, later Malaysia in

1963• Singapore – 1963• Brunei – 1984

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Global Trade System and Southeast Asia since

Ancient Times

• Age of Commerce (1450-1680)• Age of Industrialisation and

Imperialism

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Enduring Understanding

• The dynamics of human and physical processes in the region create the diversity in Southeast Asia today.

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Essential Questions• What is Southeast Asia?• What binds the region together?• What draws the region apart?• What are the important issues in

this region?• What are the forces that impact

the region?

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Environmental Issues• How does the climate and

physical environment affect the lives of the people?

• What is the difference between mainland and insular Southeast Asia?

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Socio-cultural Issues• How do the people in the

region view themselves and how are they viewed by others?

• Why do the people in the region embrace the beliefs and behave the way they do?

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Political/Historical Issues• How is power displayed and

organised in the region?• Why is power exercised and

organised the way it is?

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Economic Issues• What types of economies

exist in the region?• What are the forces that

shape the economies in Southeast Asia?

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