What role did geographic resources play in the the development of Malaysia?

One of the important reasons Malaysia is wealthy is because of where it is located and how much trade it gets from other places. Every day countrys like Malaysia have stocks from all over the world being shipped in and also gets put on an aroplane and flown over here, but other places like small islands don't get big ships with lots of differrent things on them passing by. Another thing about Malaysia is where it is located. Big ships pass by Malaysia on the way to Singapore and when traders pass by to get to the pacific ocean they stop to here take a break and then they can trade. Malaysia is most popular for palm oil and is making a lot of money from it. When you fly in to Kuala Lumpur if you look out of the window of the aeroplane every direction foward backward side to side every hill that you can see is dominated by big palm trees which that traders use to trade for other important supplys like wood. Palm oil seems like it is doing a big benifit to Malaysia but the truth is it's not! To plant palm oil they cut down all the other trees and cut down all the animals like lizards and monkeys homes away just to plant the palms but, nothing under them can grow so they are killing the undergrowth and the wildlife that lives in the lush undergowth. In time I hope the MalaysianGovernment will see what damage they are doing to their own land and I hope they will se how gready they are being because at the endd of the day they only plant it to get lots of money. Traders still plant palm oil because they are getting a lot of money and goods from it. Another reason Malaysia is so wealthy is because like most countrys Malaysia started to farm instead of just gathering.

Along time ago back when people were gathering they werent as wealthy because they relied on the animals for food but when people began to farm they could domesticate animals like sheep and cattel to stay in the fences and do as they say they could also get the fatter ready for them to eat also it helped them raise them for their own purposes and didn't have to move and follow where the animals went and try to catch them which turned out to injur or kill one of the members of the comunitie. Instead they could relax and settle down in one place and build housses this has also effected how long we live because farming has allowed us to live longer because we don't get injured by the wild animals. We could also be well protected from harsh weather in houses that were made out of bricks and tree branches that we had time to build because we werent following the wild animals this was very important because if we didn't have houses we would be still be living in caves which wouldn't keep many of us happy esspecially girls we don't like to camp and living for many years in a smelly dirty cave would be tourcher.

So Malaysia is wealthy mainly because of where it is located - the ships passing by allow trade but also the Malays started farming so they live longer and don't have to live in smelly dirty caves.