Question

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1. What is a characteristic of the physical geography of East and Southeast Asia?
2. What major rivers are located in East and Southeast Asia?
3. What archipelagos are located in East and Southeast Asia?
4. What ports were important centers of trade in this region?
5. How does the Ring of Fire affect the physical geography of this region?
6. Why would navigable rivers and ports be important to economic development in this region?
7. What is similar and different about political systems in East and Southeast Asia?
8. Why is East and Southeast Asia home to such a variety of economic and political systems?
9. What is similar and different about economic systems in the region of East and Southeast Asia?
10. How have globalization, trade, and new technologies affected economic patterns in East and Southeast Asia?
11. How is modern culture in East and Southeast Asia affected by ancient traditions?
12. What traditional practices are still part of the culture in East and Southeast Asia?
13. How does art and architecture in East and Southeast Asia reflect ancient traditions?
14. What are some examples of new cultural traditions that have been introduced into East and Southeast Asia?
15. What has changed about the cultural landscape of East and Southeast Asia because of globalization, trade, and new technologies?

Answer 1

1. rivers, coastlines and several archipelagos

3. Indonesia is an archipelago which is located in the Southeast Asia, next to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam , East Timor and Papua New Guinea .

12. The culture in Southeast Asia is very diverse: on mainland Southeast Asia, the culture is a mix of Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian and Thai and Vietnamese cultures. While in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia the culture is a mix of indigenous Austronesian, Indian, Islamic, Western, and Chinese cultures.

13. Southeast Asian art and architecture includes works from the geographical area including the modern countries of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The area is also known as Indochina. The art of this region draws from three major sources: indigenous traditions, China, and India.

2. Hwang He (Yellow River), Chang-Jiang (Long River/Yangtze), and Xi Jiang (West River)