1. Southeast Asia “Crossroads of Asia” - Chapter 14:iii - [Image source: http://www.virtualfoundation.org/images/ashkindo01/basket.gif]

2. Southeast Asia includes modern-day Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines. [Image source: http://www.ees.nmt.edu/~ljwilcox/travel/seasia/images/seasiamap.jpg]

3. Southeast Asia is located in the tropics. [Image source: http://www.atm.dal.ca/~glesins/climatechangecourse/koeppen.jpg]

4. Warm temperatures and abundant rainfall makes the fertile soils of the region produce large yields of food. [Image source: http://www.edwebproject.org/bali/gallery/pics/tirta.perfectpaddy.jpg]

5. Southeast Asia can be divided into two regions: mainland and maritime. [Image source: http://world.noggle.com/reference_maps/jpg/southeast_asia.jpg]

6. The maritime region comprises a number of large archipelagos. [Image source: http://ednetold.tamu.edu/vgn/images/portal/cit_746/46/9/2935017ciaSEAsia.jpg]

7. An archipelago is a chain of islands. [Image source: http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2002-10-31/tropics.jpg]

8. An archipelago such as the Philippines has over 10,000 islands. [Image source: http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/images/Philippines.gif]

9. Indian culture diffused throughout Southeast Asia largely as a result of trade. [Image source: http://www.gajahgallery.com/inf/pic/2003610133623Ash- Boats%20on%20Ganges%20-1972.jpg]

10. Elements of Indian cultural influence can be seen in the region’s religions,...

11. architecture,... [Image source: http://www.reisebilder.ch/bilder/ka054-700.jpg]

12. legal codes,... [Image source: http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/caning2.jpg]

13. and political ideas. [Image source: http://www.geocities.com/tcartz/monkonfire.jpg]

14. Various local customs have managed to survive, such as shadow puppetry and... [Image source: http://gaia.surrey.sfu.ca/~mi/Bibliography/shadowplay/ShadowsMedia/pupet.jpg]

15. ... the art of dying patterns into cloth known as batik. [Image source: http://www.ethnicarts.com/textiles/images/VB02.lg_001.jpg]

16. Elements of animism, the belief that spirits inhabit animate and inanimate things, persist in some areas. [Image source: http://uk.msnusers.com/TheismDebate/animism.msnw]