Annotated Learning Objectives

Chapter Ten

Having learned the regional geography of Southeast Asia, you should be able to:

1. Understand the basic concepts of political geography, especially boundaries as they apply to the realm.

Pages 494-496

·  Read the chapter segment “Defining the Realm” on pages 494-496.

·  Figure 10.2 (page 495) maps the political geography of Southeast Asia and delineates both countries and regions.

2. Describe the population distributions of the realm's mainland, peninsular, and island components.

Pages 496-499

·  The chapter segment “Population Geography” provides information about the distribution of population in Southeast Asia. What two countries are home to well over half of Southeast Asia's population?

3. Appreciate Southeast Asia’s cultural-spatial fragmentation and the complex ethnic patterns that have evolved.

Pages 497-499

·  The complex ethnic patterns observed in Southeast Asia are discussed in the section entitled “The Ethnic Mosaic” on pages 497-499.

·  Figure 10.3 (page 498) reveals the spatial distribution of major ethnic groups in Southeast Asia.

4. Grasp the diverse impacts that European colonialism had on this part of the world.

Pages 499-503

·  Read the chapter segment “How the Political Map Evolved” (Pages 499-503) to learn about the imprint of colonialism on Southeast Asia.

·  Figure 10.4 (page 500) is a map showing the colonial spheres in Southeast Asia. What mainland country was largely outside the colonial spheres?

·  Read the textbox “Overseas Chinese” on page 502 for important information about the role of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia.

·  Figure 10.5 (embedded in the textbox on page 500) shows the location and major migration routes of the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

5. Understand the various categories of shape with respect to a state's territory, and the consequences of such spatial morphologies on the political development of Southeast Asia's states.

Pages 503-507

·  Read the chapter segment “Southeast Asia's Political Geography” on pages 503-507.

·  The various categories of state territory shape are specifically discussed in the “State Territorial Morphology” subsection on pages 506-507.

·  Figure 10.6 (page 505) shows the four types of genetic political boundaries.

·  Figure 10.7 (page 506) shows the five basic state territorial configurations (shapes). Look at the world map and try to find other examples of these state configurations.

6. Locate the major physical, cultural, and economic-spatial features of the realm on an outline map.

Pages 492-531

·  You must integrate information from throughout the chapter to fulfill this objective.

·  You may find the map at the beginning of the chapter helpful (Figure 10.1, pages 492-493).