 ½ size of U.S.  10 Countries: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor

 Archipelago: group of islands  Indochina and Malay Peninsulas  Ring of Fire: volcanoes  Indonesia has over 100

 Fossil Fuels  Gemstones  Minerals

 Tropical  Rainforests- hot, humid, rainy

 Colonized by Europeans  Grew coffee, tobacco, tea

 French colony  Independence 1954  North: Communism  South: Democracy  Vietcong (North) invaded South in 1963

 U.S. provided aid  “Attacked” in Gulf of Tonkin  Troops in 1965  Draft in 1969

 Helicopters, bombers, tanks, ground troops  Agent Orange: herbicide  Side Effects

 Guerilla warfare  Knowledge of terrain  Weapons from China, USSR  200 miles of tunnels  Booby traps: punji sticks, land mines, trip wires

 Indian Ocean earthquake triggered tsunami  Deadliest on record  310,000 killed