1. What makes up the physical geography of Southeast Asia?
The physical geography of Southeast Asia is mainly mountains, volcanoes and rivers. The mountain ranges include the Bilauktaung Range, the Arakan Yoma Range and the Annam Cordillera. The volcanoes form a section of the "Ring of Fire", some of the most active and famous ones are Gunung Merapi and Mount Pinatube. Southeast Asia's Rivers consist of the Irrawaddy, the Chao Phraya, the red, and the Mekong.
2. How do rich natural resources affect Southeast Asia’s economy?
Southeast Asia's economy is effected by the rich resources because it supplies the region with a great amount of fossil fuels to export, which gives them control on oil, coal, and natural gases.
Creative Writing: Write a paragraph that describes at least one way that the people of Southeast Asia depend on its waterways.
In Southeast Asia, water ways are the main means of transportation, communication, and a place to find food! They depend on the water ways soo much because the region is mainly made up of islands or Peninsulas, making it quite tough to drive a car across a great gap between islands that is filled by water!
Chapter 29, Section 2
1. What weather pattern influences the region’s climates?
The weather patterns that influence the region's climates include: rainfall, winter and summer monsoons.
2. What are the region’s main climate types?
The region's main climate types include Tropical wet, Tropical dry, Humid Subtrobical, and a small section of Highland!
Creative Writing: Think about the pros and cons of Singapore’s change from a dense rainforest to an urban area. Take a position either for or against another area working toward this type of urbanization, and write a paragraph that defends your position.
Pros:
- It created a successful, thriving economy
- It replaced most of the natural habitats for the inhabitants of the great lush rainforest.
- It denounced the region to be one of two cities in the world to have a tropical rainforest in the boundaries!!!
