Southeast Asia History
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jaystevens on April 14, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 major crops and products | rice, cattle, pigs, metal goods in ancient S.E. Asia |
| Chinese | ruled much of what is now Vietnam |
| Southeast Asians | blended Hindu and Chinese culture |
| Khmer people | founded an empire from wealth growing rice and built Angkor Wat in present day Cambodia |
| Angkor Wat | large temple and royal tomb built by Khmers in AD 1100's |
| Muslims Arab traders | settled coastal areas in AD 800s |
| Europeans | arrived in AD 1600s - traded - conquered land - brought Christianity |
| products of European plantations | sugar, coffee, tea, rubber, and oil |
| Siam | now Thailand - never conquered by any European country |
| France | made colonies of present day Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos |
| World War II | weakened European powers so that Asian countries could gain independence |
| Vietnam | overthrew French control - split into North and South - fought U.S. from 1960s to 1973 - reunited - now communist |
| Cambodia | communists took over in 1970's made people leave the cities - millions died |
| Singapore | island country at tip of Malay peninsula - wealthy - strict laws (Put one in jail for spitting in street) |
| Silk Road | linked East Asia with Europe during late Middle Ages and Renaissance |
| opium | additive drug - British grew in India - sold to Chinese - British fought the Chinese in opium war and forced China to allow them to sell it |
| Hong Kong | city on southeast coast of China - built by British - owned by Britain until treaty ran out in late 1990's - communists have allowed free market to continue |
| Asian Tigers | name given increasingly successful and wealthy countries of S.E. Asia - South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong - much manufacturing and high tech industries |
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