Learning Objectives: After participation in class and completion of assignments for this week you will be able to:
Outline the history of major human cultural distributions in SE Asia and major historical events that have shaped the modern political landscape.
Assignments:
Students will write very brief histories for Tibet, Yunnan, Lao P.D.R., Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, emphasizing activities in the Mekong region of each.
For the next class you will need to find and read an article on invasion biology or invasive species in SE Asia. This should basically be a paper about problems with introduced species in the region. This will be briefly presented in class.