Guns, Germs, and Steel; Development of Malaysia

  The role that the geographic location played that helped Malaysia develop is that Malaysia is located at the equator. About four-fifths of Malaysia is covered in tropical rain forest and is home to about 15,000 species of plants and trees. Since Malaysia is located at the equator, the farms are able to flourish the whole year and tropical fruits are able to survive. This helps the Malaysian sell the fruits throughout the year and earn money.

  Malaysia's development originally came from the sea. It is a peninsula, so there are also a lot of ships docking at ports.The people quickly acquired a skill and reputation as sailors and navigators.The people also traded. In the modern times, Malaysia has manufactured many things. It is an important source of palm oil. Palm oil is used for cooking and contains beta-carotene, which makes the color red. Palm oil is extracted from palm trees.




  Malaysia also produced tin. They started mining for it in the 1840s and a century later, they supplied about half the world. The tin was used to make the containers for food cans. Rubber was also what helped Malaysia develop. When the American automobile industry expanded, the rubber was used to make tires. Malaysia has the 14th largest natural gas reserves. It is one of the industry that has made Malaysia rich. They also sell timbers. Workers cut down trees from the jungles to make logs and sell them.


  The role of the geographic location of where Malaysia is located plays a very important role. Not only did it give the country good weather, but also Malaysia got situated in a good natural resource site. Tin, rubber, and petroleum are all of the natural resources that helped Malaysia develop. The climate helped grow many varieties of fruits and the trees in the tropical forest helped make timber.

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