HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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Siam
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Hawaii
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Indochina
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Independent state Siam was able to successfully resist colonisation by European powers. Siam’s location on the map made it the perfect buffer zone between the French colony of Indochina and the British possessions on the Malay Peninsula.
Detailed explanation-2: -Except for the small sultanate of Brunei (also on Borneo), the remainder of insular Southeast Asia consists of the archipelagic nations of Indonesia and the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-3: -This region has 10 independent countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -Southeast Asia is composed of eleven countries of impressive diversity in religion, culture and history: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.