7.4 NOTES – SOUTHEAST ASIA

MAP OF SOUTH EAST ASIA

15 MIN WARM-UP  Pick a person from one of the classes of people that we discussed for our chapter on Japan and describe a day in the life of that person. (3to5 details)  Create a journal entry, letter, speech, etc.  Must be at least ½ of a page! To be turned in.

OVERVIEW  Southeast Asia produced valuable products and woods that people in other parts of the world wanted to buy.  In the early 1500s, the first European explorers reached Southeast Asia (by ship) in search of new trade routes and products.  With the coming of the Europeans, Southeast Asian kingdoms faced a challenge to their independence and traditional ways of life.

SPICE TRADE  The Portuguese were the first to reach Southeast Asia.  The spice trade had been controlled by Muslims and the Portuguese wanted to take it over.  During the next 25 years, the Portuguese built a number of new trading posts in Southeast Asia.  The Most important place they conquer is the City State of Melaka (in present day Malaysia). 

ARE YOU GELLIN?  Spain was eager to find their own route to the spices of Southeast Asia and sent Ferdinand Magellan to complete the task.  Magellan and his crew landed in the Philippines and became the first Europeans to visit these islands.  The Spanish founded a colony, or overseas territory ruled by a parent country, in the Philippines.

THE PHILIPPINES  Although the Spanish did not find spices in the Philippines, they did find fertile land and an excellent location for trade.  Spanish soldiers and officials established a fortified settlement at Manila on the island of Luzon.  Manila’s magnificent harbor made the Philippines a valuable link in Spain’s trade with Asia and the Americas.

A LITTLE CORNY…  The Spaniards gradually expanded their control to other parts of the islands.  Many people of the Philippines accepted Spanish customs (Roman Catholic faith).  The Spanish Roman Catholic clergy established missions, learned the local languages, taught the people European agricultural methods, and introduced new crops from the Americas..corn and cocoa.

DUTCH SUCCESS  English and Dutch traders wanted a share in the Southeast Asian spice trade.  They began to fight each other.  The Dutch finally succeeded in forcing the English to leave the islands (present day Indonesia).  The Dutch helped a local kingdom defeat a rebel uprising and in return for their assistance, the Dutch received important trading rights.

THE FRENCH IN VIETNAM  1600s: French traders based in India began limited trade with the Vietnamese and other peoples in the Southeast Asian region of Indochina.  Roman Catholic missionaries from France converted many Vietnamese to Christianity.  French wanted Indochina’s rubber, coal, and rice.  1860: The French colonize the region.  Only one area of Southeast Asia stayed independent of European control, modern-day Thailand.

MAP OF SOUTH EAST ASIA

A,B,C, EASY AS 1,2,3.  Complete A,B.C worksheet to help you study for tomorrow’s quiz. Use China Japan and South East Asia Notes!  Put a detail/fact in for each box.

WRAP-UP  Create a list of as many people, places, locations, as you can think of from the three chapters we just studied on China, Japan, Southeast Asia.  Include a minimum of 10.  Separate sheet of paper