Travel &

Adventure Southeastern Asia

1st Issue – Summer 2014,

Cervantes kids

Contents

Southeastern Asia:

Thailand, by Adrián

and Martín

Laos, by Christian

and Andrea

Vietnam, by Yumei

and María

The Philippines, by

External references and sources:

Map of Asia_Political

Asian Subregions

Simple English Wikipedia

National Geographic kids

Western

Asia Southern

Asia

Eastern

Asia

Southeastern

Asia

Thailand

Intro to the Country

Geography

Nature

History

People and culture

Laos

Intro to the Country

FAST FACTS

• THE OFFICIAL NAME IS Lao People's Democratic Republic

• THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS Communist

• THE CAPITAL IS: Viangchan (local name), OR Vientiane

• THE POPULATION IS 6,677,534 people

• THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS Lao

• THE MONEY IS the Kip

• THE AREA IS 236,800 square kilometers

• THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES are the Annamite Range and

the Luang Prabang Range

• THE MAJOR RIVERS IS the Mekong

Geography

GEOGRAPHY Laos is the only country in

Southeast Asia without a sea.

Laos is covered in mountains

and hills with forests. Travel

over the land is hard.

.

• The Mekong River is very important

for transportation, electricity, water,

and fishing.

Nature

NATURE

SOME MOUNTAINS OF LAOS ARE DOI PHI PAN NAM AND

PHOU BIA. SOME RIVERS OF LAOS ARE MEKONG AND NAM

OU.

THE INDOCHINESE TIGER IS ONE OF THE SIX LIVING TIGER SUBSPECIES AND IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL OF THE

COUNTRY. IT LIVES MOSTLY IN HILLY AND MOUNTANIOUS

PLACES. THEY EAT SAMBAR DEER,WILD PIG,SEROW AND LARGE BOVIDS.

NATURE

History

EARLY HISTORY

The history of the region follows from the

migration of Tai peoples. In the 13th century,

the Tai peoples constructed their first states in

the region, drawing together different tribal

communities under rulers claiming quasi-divine

authority and kingly status.

People and culture

GOVERNMENTSoon after independence from France in

1953, the country fell into problems;

In 1975 the communist Pathet Lao got the power with help from North Vietnam.

Laos is one of the few remaining communist states. The economy is bad because they have poor roads, no railroad, and limited access to electricity.

Vietnam

Intro to the Country

FAST FACTS

The CONTINENT is Asia.

The OFICIAL NAME is Socialist Republic Vietnam.

The FORM OF GOVERMENT is Socialist Republic.

The CAPITAL is Hanoi.

The POPULATION is 92’477’857.

The OFICIAL LANGUAGE is Vietnamese.

The MONEY is the Dong.

The AREA is 127’123 square miles (329’247 squarekilometres ).

The MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGE is the Annamcordillera.

The MAJOR RIVERS are Mekong, Red, Ma, Perfume.

Geography

GEOGRAPHY

It’s in Southeast Asia on the eastern edge of the peninsula, know as Indochina.

Vietnam is next to china, Laos and Colombia.

Vietnam is 30 miles wide.

The two largest rivers of Vietnam are; The Mekong and Red river.

Vietnam is a humid place called Deltas.

Nature

FLORA: Tropical forests covermost of Vietnam. The forestare very humid and have a large variety of species.

Vietnam has many differenthabitats ( mountains, forests, wetlands, a long coastline,… ) thatsupport a great variety of wildlife.

FAUNA: There are 270 types of mammals, ( 180 reptiles, 80 amphibians and 800 bird species ). Manyunusual animals livein Vietnam.

History

HISTORY

• Vietnam's first civilizations started 5,000 years ago. These northern tribes comtinued until 207 B.C. And then it name Nam Viet.

• In 111 B.C., Nam Viet became part of the Chinese empire, which ruled the north until 939 B.C.

• In 1802, , renamed thecountry Vietnam.

• In 1957, communist rebels in the south, rose up.

Vietnam

Intro to the Country

The continent is Asia.

The official name is Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The form of government is Socialist Republic.

The capital is Hanoi.

The population is 92,477,857 people.

The official language is Vietnamese.

The money is Dong.

The area is 127,123 square miles

The major rivers are Mekong, Red, Ma, Perfume.

The major mountain range is Annam Cordillera.

Geography

It’s in Southeast Asia onthe eastern eadge of thepeninsula know as Indochina.

Also, Vietnam is next toLaos, China and Cambodia.

Nature

Vietnam’s mountainousterrain, forests, wetlands, and long coastline containmany different habitatsthat have variety of widlife.

Fauna: There are 270 types of mammals, 180 reptiles, 80 amphibiansand 800 bird species.

Flora: There are tropical forests.

History

HISTORY Vietnam's first

civilizations started in

the Red River Valley

some 5,000 years ago.

These northern tribes

continued until 207

B.C.

In 111 B.C., Nam Viet

became part of the

Chinese empire. It

ruled the north until

A.D.