SOUTHEAST ASIA MYANMAR THAILAND LAOS CAMBODIA VIETNAM MALAYSIA SINGAPORE INDONESIA PHILIPPINES

SOUTHEAST ASIA EVERY PERSON GET A CLEAN SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER OUT PUT YOUR PROPER HEADING ON THE PAPER ON THE VERY TOP LINE WRITE “COUNTRY NAME” – SKIP 1 LINE SKIP LINE(S) BETWEEN ALL ITEMS AS DIRECTED CONTINUE ON THE BACK OF YOUR PAPER AS NECESSARY ON THE NEXT LINE WRITE “MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS” – SKIP 3 LINES CONTINUE WITH: GOVERNMENT TYPE – SKIP 1 LINE ECONOMY TYPE – SKIP 1 LINE LANGUAGES – SKIP 2 LINES RELIGIONS – SKIP 2 LINES ETHNIC GROUPS – SKIP 2 LINES MAJOR LANDFORMS (INCLUDING RIVERS) – SKIP 4 LINES CLIMATES – SKIP 3 LINES NATURAL HAZARDS – SKIP 2 LINES NATURAL RESOURCES – SKIP 3 LINES PROBLEMS/ISSUES – SKIP 3 LINES INTERESTING FACT –

ON YOUR OWN PAPER, WRITE THE COUNTRY NAME AS YOU ARE DIRECTED WHEN TOLD, PASS YOUR PAPER TO THE NEXT PERSON IN ROTATION WHEN YOU GET A NEW PAPER, ANSWER ONE QUESTION OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE PAPER FOR THAT COUNTRY (USE TEXTBOOK, INTERNET, OR RESOURCE OF YOUR CHOICE) DO NOT ANSWER THE SAME QUESTION FOR EVERY COUNTRY UNLESS IT IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT UNANSWERED BE SUCCINCT – A FEW WORDS, NOT SENTENCES WHEN I SAY ROTATE, PASS YOUR PAPER TO THE NEXT PERSON IN ROTATION ETC. – CONTINUE AS INSTRUCTED UNTIL ALL QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED WHEN DIRECTED, QUICKLY RETURN ALL PAPERS TO ORIGINAL OWNERS

WHEN I TELL YOU, FIND THE OTHER PEOPLE (1-3) WHO HAVE THE SAME COUNTRY AS YOU COMPARE ANSWERS FOR ALL QUESTIONS ADD, SUBTRACT, OR CORRECT INFORMATION AS NEEDED WHEN EVERYONE IS SATISFIED WITH THEIR INFORMATION, YOU WILL RECEIVE A LARGE PIECE OF PAPER WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOUR COUNTRY TEAM, YOU WILL PUT ALL YOUR INFORMATION ON THE PAPER ALL INFORMATION SHOULD BE EXTREMELY LEGIBLE!!! USE MARKERS ONLY PLEASE MAKE IT SUCCINCT, NEAT, AND INTERESTING DRESS IT UP WITH ILLUSTRATIONS (PICTURES); MAKE IT CUTE

ALL BIG PAPERS WILL BE HUNG AROUND THE ROOM YOU WILL WALK AROUND THE ROOM AND TAKE NOTES EACH PERSON WILL END UP WITH A COMPLETE SET OF FACTS FOR EACH COUNTRY – WOOHOO! THERE WILL BE A QUIZ OVER THE INFORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT CLASS

ASEAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC GROUP

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES HIGH PRECIPITATION LEVELS KARST LANDSCAPES MONSOON WINDS MANY RIVERS, LARGE DELTAS TROPICAL RAINFORESTS/JUNGLES MOUNTAINS ISLANDS TYPHOONS

MEKONG RIVER

MEKONG RIVER DOLPHIN

DON SAHONG DAM - LAOS

A rare type of freshwater dolphin is the latest species to face extinction because of humans. In a dire warning this week, the World Wildlife Fund said a new dam planned for Laos will throw the population of Mekong River dolphins into peril. Irrawaddy dolphins, which are already considered critically endangered can be found in three rivers in southeast Asia. However, the largest population --between 78 and 91 dolphins -- lives in the stretch of the Mekong River that runs through Laos and Cambodia.

Construction of the Don Sahong dam, set to be installed in a channel upstream from the Irrawaddy dolphins' natural habitat, could hasten the extinction of the population. "The dam’s impacts on the dolphins probably cannot be mitigated, and certainly not through the limited and vague plans outlined in the project’s environmental impact assessment," Cambodia’s country WWF director, said in a statement. "The attitude in the dam developer’s impact assessment – that the dolphin population is already vulnerable and therefore should not stand in the way of development – will do nothing but seal their fate."

WWF officials expect that some of dolphins will be killed by the sound waves created by explosives used during construction. The remainder would most likely suffer from adverse effects of the dam, such as changes in water quality and disruption of sediment. Conservationists are calling on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene and urge Laos to stop construction of the dam. Cambodian officials have also expressed concerns over their northern neighbor's plans for the dam. "We want Laos to consider the long term impact... to downstream nations," said a spokesman for the Cambodian government. "We are worried about the environmental impact and fish impact."

The number of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River is already dwindling. Earlier this week, a dead male dolphin was found floating along the river in Cambodia. Locals believe the Mekong River dolphin died after becoming trapped in a fishing net, The Phnom Penh Post reports.

CHINA – MEKONG DAM CONTROVERSY

WALLACE’S LINE DIFFERENT BIOMES

WHAT AM I? 1 FOOT LONG SPIKEY RED, ORANGE, OR YELLOW BUTTERY AND SWEET BANNED MANY PLACES PUTRID SMELL

DURIAN FRUIT

RELIGION BUDDHISM DOMINATES CONFUCIANISM ANIMISM (MOUNTAIN AREAS) HINDUISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM INDONESIA = WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS MUSLIM COUNTRY

LANGUAGE/ETHNICITY MIGRATION AND COLONIZATION = DIVERSITY

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE IS A COUNTRY SINGAPORE IS A CITY IT IS A CITY-STATE 100% (ALMOST) URBAN STRICT LAWS, LIMITED PERSONAL FREEDOM = LESS CRIME, CLEAN CITY, STRONG ECONOMY

SINGAPORE STATE CONTROLS BROADCAST MEDIA GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPTION-FREE LACK OF FRESH WATER ENERGY - ALMOST 100% FOSSIL FUELS EXTREMELY DENSELY POPULATED STRANGE BUILDINGS HIGH COST OF LIVING

CAMBODIA GENOCIDE KHMER ROUGE – BRUTAL COMMUNIST REGIME POL POT LEADER 1975 – MILLION KILLED EDUCATED - DOCTORS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS RELIGIOUS – BUDDHIST, CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM CURRENT MILITARY, POLICE AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS MURDER, STARVATION, TORTURE, IMPRISONMENT INSTITUTIONS CLOSED SCHOOLS, RELIGION - CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, BANKS NO PARENTS RURAL AGRARIAN SOCIALISM RE-EDUCATION COMMUNES ENDED WHEN VIETNAM INVADED

CAMBODIA GENOCIDE

POL POT 1998

VIETNAM WAR 1950’S – 1975 NORTH = COMMUNIST (VIET CONG) SOUTH = FREE U.S. BACKED THE SOUTH 58,000+ U.S. S0LDIERS KILLED LOOK AT THE CURRENT MAP OF VIETNAM WHO WON?

GUERRILLA WARFARE “In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted to shoot at any human target, armed or unarmed, further confuse the fighting man’s moral senses.”

GUERILLA WARFARE

MY LAI MASSACRE “When my troops were getting massacred and mauled by an enemy I couldn’t see, an enemy I couldn’t feel, I couldn’t touch…………nobody in the military system ever described them anything other than Communist.” CALLEY

AGENT ORANGE

NAPALM TOO HOT!

AGENT ORANGE DIOXIN

HO CHI MINH TRAIL

PROTESTS

WOODSTOCK STOP AT 1M 15 SEC FOR BAD LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!!

WOODSTOCK

JANE FONDA

JANE FONDA VIETNAM VETERAN JANE FONDA MEMORIAL URINAL PAUSE AND REMEMBER

KENT STATE

FALL OF SAIGON

POW’S MIA’S

2 BROKEN ARMS, BROKEN LEG TORTURED, STARVED NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WEIGHED 100 LBS POW 5 ½ YEARS PILOT SENATOR UNKNOWN NUMBERS STILL TODAY

POW’S MIA’S

BOAT PEOPLE TEJAS TOYOTA COURTESY DRIVER

BOAT PEOPLE

BURMA - MYANMAR MILITARY JUNTA UNTIL 2011 NOW - CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT (PARLIAMENT) ISOLATIONISM = POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, CORRUPTION, NO $ GOVERNMENT SLOW TO RESPOND GOVERNMENT STILL CONTROLS ALL RADIO/TV MUSLIMS IN NORTH DECLARED NON-CITIZENS (FOREIGNERS)

BURMA - MYANMAR DAW (MADAME) AUNG SAN SUU KYI PERSONAL NAME – NO FAMILY NAME NLD – NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY 15 YEARS HOUSE ARREST NOW IN ELECTED GOVERNMENT

TSUNAMI 2004 INDIAN OCEAN INDONESIA, INDIA, MALDIVES, MALAYSIA, SRI LANKA, MYANMAR, THAILAND 9.3 EARTHQUAKE - 3 RD LARGEST EVER LONGEST DURATION OF FAULTING EVER – 10 MINUTES TRIGGERED ALASKA EARTHQUAKE HOURS BETWEEN QUAKE AND WAVE BUT NO WARNING >100 FOOT WAVE >230,000 DEATHS

TSUNAMI 2004

CYCLONE NARGIS 2008 BURMA > 150,000 DEATHS NO FOOD, FRESH WATER, MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING MILITARY JUNTA AT FIRST REFUSED ALL AID, THEN ACCEPTED FOOD & MEDICINE ONLY – NO WORKERS, TOOK CREDIT FOR FOREIGN AID AFTER 1 WEEK, ONLY 1/10 HAD RECEIVED HELP AFTER 2 WEEKS, ONLY ¼ HAD RECEIVED HELP POOR, HELPLESS, DESPERATE VICTIMS

REFUGEES AND RELIGION