The Five Themes of Geography within Thailand

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Thailand

Location

The absolute location of Thailand

• Latitude: 15 ｰ 00' North

• Longitude: 100 ｰ 00' East

The relative location of Thailand

• Countries located around Thailand:

• Cambodia• Burma• Laos• Vietnam• India

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Place

Physical/human characteristics of Thailand

• Thailand is one of the most developed and wealthiest countries in Southeast Asia

• Thailand possesses tremendous natural and cultural diversity

• Agricultural land supports rice paddy, upland crops, para rubber, oil palm and perennial crops

Thailand

Human-Environment

Relationships

Environment of Thailand

o How do humans interact with this environment:

o Humans earn their money through planting rice.

o The people are very poor and make $1,697 American dollars every year.

o 77% of their income is spent on food.o Logging has ruined the tropical

forests. o Bangkok has 9 million people living

there, and is now filled with traffic, sewage, pollution, and prostitution.

o The TV is an important part of family life.

o The literacy rate is very high; for females it is 90% and 96% for males.

o The most valuble possession is the motor scooter

o The climate is tropical, rainy, warm from Mid-May to September

o It is dry and cool from November to Mid- March

Climate of Thailand o The climate is tropical,

rainy, warm from Mid-May to September

o It is dry and cool from November to Mid- March

o The Southern Isthmus is always hot

o The terrain is central plains and there is a Khorat Plateau in the east and mountains everywhere else

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Movement

Political/cultural/religious ideas of Thailand

• Political ideas which spread:• Based on a civil law system-

constitutional monarchy • Political Parties and Leaders:

Democratic Party• Political Pressure Groups:

People’s Alliance for Democracy and Campaign for Democracy

• Have to be 18 years old to vote

• Religious ideas:• 94.6% Buddhist • 4.6% Muslim • .7% Christian • .1% Other

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Region

Thailand’s region:

• Other names for Thailand’s region: • Southeast Asia

• Thailand is slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming

• Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore