Chapter 41 East and Southeast Asia

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Chapter 41 East and Southeast Asia

• III. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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A. Population and culture

• About 1/3 of the worlds people live in East and
  Southeast Asia

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A. Population and culture

• Population growth continues at a rapid rate

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A. Population and culture

• Some nations now have programs to control their
  population growth

A billboard in China promotes the one-child
policy introduced to curb the population increase
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A. Population and culture

• A variety of cultures exists among the people of
  the region

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B. Language

• Hundreds of different languages are spoken

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B. Language

• Some languages are character-based instead of an
  alphabet of letters

character for cloud
character for rain
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B. Language

• Many countries have adopted one official language
  to unify the people

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B. Language

• English is used as the business language of many
  nations

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C. Religion

• Most of the worlds major religions are
  represented in the region

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C. Religion

• Islam - the main religion in Indonesia, Malaysia,
  and Brunei

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C. Religion

• Christianity is practiced in areas once
  controlled by Europeans

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C. Religion

• Buddhism is a major religion in Thailand,
  Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Mongolia

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C. Religion

• China has a mix of Buddhism, Taoism, and
  Confucianism

42.2 are nonreligious 28.5 adhere to Chinese
folk religion 8.4 profess Buddhism 8.1 are
Atheists 7.1 are Christians 4.3 are
Muslims 1.5 are Taoists
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C. Religion

• The Japanese mainly practice Shinto and Buddhism

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D. Colonial history
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D. Colonial history

• In the 18th and 19th centuries, many parts of
  East and SE Asia came under the control of
  foreign countries

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D. Colonial history

• Great Britains colonies were Myanmar, Malaysia,
  Singapore, Brunei, and Hong Kong

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D. Colonial history

• The Netherlands controlled Indonesia

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D. Colonial history

• Colonies of France were Cambodia, Laos, and
  Vietnam

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D. Colonial history

• Portugal had possession of the island of Timor,
  and Macao

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D. Colonial history

• The United States controlled the Philippines

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D. Colonial history

• Leading up to World War II, Japans empire
  included most of East and SE Asia

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E. Post-World War II

• After WW II many countries sought independence

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E. Post-World War II

• The Peoples Republic of China was established in
  1949

The China flag contains a large yellow star and
has a red background in honor of communism. The
four smaller stars represent the four classes of
Chinese society, the peasant, the workers, the
bourgeoisie, and the capitalists
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E. Post-World War II

• Early 1950s - the Korean War pitted South Korean,
  U.S., and United Nations forces against North
  Korea and China

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E. Post-World War II

• No peace treaty was ever signed and tensions
  between North and South Korea remain to this day

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E. Post-World War II

• From 1956 to 1975,
• the Vietnam War
• saw the communist
• North fighting
• against democratic
• South

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E. Post-World War II

• American combat troops were withdrawn
• and South Vietnam was defeated by the
• North

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E. Post-World War II

• Vietnam was united under the control
• of a Communist government

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F. Political geography

• Political systems vary widely throughout
• the region
• Communism in China and North Korea
• Dictatorship in Myanmar
• Democracy in Japan