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Indochina
Myanmar (Burma)
• Known for rice.
• Major population
center is near the
delta of the
Irrawaddy River.
• Buddhism is the major religion.
– Teaches moderation and moral living.
– Stresses the need to free oneself from worldly
desires.
– Goal is to attain nirvana, a state of complete
happiness.
Vietnam
• First communist
nation in Southeast
Asia.
• Major crop is rice.
• Mostly covered by
rain forest.
• Annamese Mountains divide Vietnam from
Cambodia and Laos.
• U.S. fought a war there against communists
from 1965-73.
Laos
• Communist
government has
persecuted
Christians.
• Has lowest literacy
rate in Southeast
Asia.
Cambodia
• About 20% of the
population was
killed by starvation
and execution in
the 1970s by the
Communist regime
known as the
Khmer Rouge.
• Cambodia became known as “the killing
fields.”
• Has lowest life expectancy and per capita GDP
in Southeast Asia.
• Largest temple complex in the world is at
Angkor Wat.
Thailand
• Only country in
Southeast Asia to
never be a
European colony.
• Bangkok is the
largest city in
Indochina.
• Thailand is known for crocodile farming.