1. SE Asia Now That is Interesting Directions: 1.Read all of the information on the slides 2.Select Two slides that you found interesting. Put a Star in the Interesting Slides 3.Email me the two facts that you found interesting Why did you find the facts interesting

2. History Throughout this long period, local kingdoms, such as Khmer empire, rose and fell, but the peoples of the region were never unified culturally. In the late 15 th century Islamic influences grew strong but were overshadowed by the arrival of Europeans, who established their power throughout Southeast Asia. Only Thailand remained free of colonial occupation.

3. History Southeast Asia became the scene of battles between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II. Since the war of the countries of Southeast Asia have reemerged as independent nations. They have been plagued by political turmoil, weak economies, ethnic strife, and social inequities, although the situation for most Southeast Asian nations improved in the 1980’s and 1990’s.

4. Food In Asia, there are different styles of eating food. In India and the Middle East, as well as Southeast Asia, people typically eat with their hands. It is a very direct way to experience the texture of the food, and people wash their hands before and after each meal.

5.  Chopsticks are the utensils of choice, and food is served onto individual plates or into individual bowls.

6. 600 Million People Twice the size of United States

7. 330 billion USD Consumer Market

8. Among the top heavy mobile users Indonesia, alone, has 210 million mobile subscribers In Philippines, SMS is heavily used in financial, ecommerce transactions Mobile is the way of their digital life style

9. The region is highly diversified Chinese Indian Malay Javanese Sundanese Catholics Muslim Buddhist

10. Getting used to accepting other cultures …especially US

11. Embracing US Culture as part of daily life

12. Indonesia has the 3 rd largest Facebook population and as popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand

13. Indonesia has the largest Twitter population in Asia

14. Blackberry dominates Indonesia, Thailand in a short period of time iPhone is very popular In Singapore

15. US repeats the same pattern as in 70s & 80s Today, Vast majority of cars in SE-Asia are Japanese cars

16. Dining Etiquette You should wait until you are showed your seat at the table. The elderly usually sit before the others. The Vietnamese use chopsticks and rice bowls as their eating utensils. The Chopsticks must be kept on the table or a chopstick rest after taking a few mouthfuls and at the end of the meal. The rice bowls should be held up closer to the mouth otherwise it is considered idleness. Vietnamese etiquette demands that spoons should be held with the left hand while eating soup. It is polite to finish every food item on the platter. Toothpicks should be used with the mouth covered.

17. Except in Singapore, infrastructures are not as advanced as US or Western Europe