Describe the influences from China, India, and the Middle East that were imparted on the kingdoms of Indochina and the islands in Southeast Asia. (150 - 200 words)

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The influences from China, India, and the Middle East that were imparted on the kingdoms of Indochina and the islands in Southeast Asia were related to culture, traditions, customs, and government.

It is important to remind what are these Southeastern Asia countries that received major influences from China, India, and the Middle East. These were Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philipines, Indonesia, Laos, Brunei, and Myanmar.

With the arrival of merchants, India, China, and the Middle East exerted a heavy influence in those above-mentioned nations. So trade played a key role in the spread of culture and religion. The Sunda Strait and the Strain of Malacca connect the Indian Ocean with the China Sea. Buddhist and Hindu missionaries arrived in Southeastern Asia to evangelize the people of the region.

monasticism. people often do monasticism in monasteries

when studying cause and effect, historians usually group the causes into different categories. for example, cultural causes reflect how a society’s literature and art convey the way the society saw itself in relation to the rest of the world. another resource that historians use to understand society is pop culture, which tells them the trends and ideas that are preferred by the common people. when studying cause and effect, it’s important to remember multiple causation, or the idea that an effect could have several causes and vice versa.  

the correct option is “cultural causes” since art and literature are related to the culture of a place. culture is determined by literature, art, music.

the correct option is “pop culture” since it reflects the likes and ideas of common people whereas the rest of the options do not focus on common people.  

the correct option is “multiple causation” since it refers to the idea that events are caused by multiple reasons, not just a single one.