2. Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan
3. MAINLAND REGION – VIETNAM (PREVIOUSLY NORTH &SOUTH VIETNAM) – CAMBODIA (PREVIOUSLY FRENCHINDO-CHINA) – LAOS (PREVIOUSLY FRENCH INDO-CHINA) – THAILAND – MYANMAR (PREVIOUSLY BURMA)
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6. 6. Poor Intraregional communications 7. Agricultural mainstay of the economics 8. No dominant state although SE countries have exerted powerful influence
7. 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region
8. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates