Theme+5+-+Region+JJR

Regions  There are three different types of regions:


 * **Formal regions** are those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.


 * **Functional regions** are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city newspaper is the functional region of that paper. (This means that there must be a core that extends outward in terms of influence. That influence will diminish over distance. Thus, one could say that, for example, much of Gyeonggi-do is part of the "Seoul region".


 * **Vernacular regions** are perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East;" they have no formal boundaries but are understood in our mental maps (see exercise done at the courses beginning for an idea of what a mental map is).

- Taken from Mr. Plouffe's Theme 5 Regions Link

**Vernacular Region**

The most common language family in Southeast Asia are the Sino-Tibetan (Tai, Burmese, and Austronesian) and the Austro-Asiatic root (Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon-Khmer, and Papuan). The map above shows the areas in which different languages are spoken.

**Functional Region**

The map above shows the different countries that the countries within the regions were colonized by.

**Countries : Capitals** Brunei : Bandar Seri Begawan Cambodia : Phnom Penh Indonesia : Jakarta Laos : Vientiane Malaysia : Kuala Lumpur Myanmar : Yangon Papua New Guinea : Port Moresby Philippines : Manila Singapore : Singapore City Thailand : Bangkok Timor-Leste : Dili Vietnam : Hanoi
 * Formal Region **

Australia : Canberra New Zealand : Wellington Christmas Island : The Settlement Cocos Islands : West Island Coral Sea Islands : No Capital Norfolk Island : Kingston Fiji : Suva Papua New Guinea : Port Moresby Soloman Islands : Honiara Kiribati : Tarawa


 * Works Cited**

"Map of South East Asia." //ReliefWeb » Home Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. .

"Student Atlas of World Geography." //Online Book Archive - Books Online at McGraw-Hill Professional Books!//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .

"Company Drawings: India and South East Asia." //THE BRITISH LIBRARY - The world's knowledge//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. .

"lib." //libsea//. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2009. .

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/crossroads/hartmann/language.JPG

http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/Travel/nt/maps/map_south_east_asia.gif