Philippines

• How did people in the Philippines adapt their architecture

  Built nipa palm and bamboo huts which are easily rebuilt and less likely to injure people
• how is their agriculture adapted


  • focus of minimising the loss of crops rather than maximising yield
  • land fragmentation - planting in widely scattered areas lowers chance of all crop being wiped
• bahala na


  expression of fatalism - leaving it up to fate helps people accept and embrace tragedy
• where are the Philippines 


  south east Asia, by the pacific ocean
• physical geography of the Philippines

  • island
  • Luzon major island
  • Mount Apols is the largest along major tectonic plates and typhoon belt
• why are the Philippines susceptible to hazards

  • located on two tectonic plates which subduct - Philippine sea plate and Eurasian-
  • 22 active volcanoes
  • located on typhoon belt ‘pacific ring of fire”