MARCH 2, 2015 TODAY: LT: I can describe the economic conditions in Oman, UAE, and Kuwait. BBC: North Korea fired two____________into ocean to protest the military exercises of South Korea. NOTES/YOUTUBE VIDEOS—UAE, Oman, Kuwait.

ARAB GULF STATES Persian Gulf Region Kuwait United Arab Emirates (UAE) Oman Qatar Yemen Persian Gulf Region meeting point between the Middle East - Asia – Europe 95% of the region is sand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YEj02JBFK8 Oil Discovery & Distribution of Wealth 1968 video 52 minutes

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dubai - young / cosmopolitan city... which has benefitted from oil riches. Bursh al Arab Hotel 7-star hotel / $4000 per night built on a man-made island Jacuzzi in each room tallest hotel in the world (2) room suite comes w/ a personal butler hotel is shaped like the sail of a trade boat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUW9MWLIQYw Worker’s paid $1/day Palm Project  expansive / futuristic housing project / community ... in the shape of a palm tree. an individual villa (unit) sells for 1.3 million. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn_J85nMjc world’s richest kid

Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai before its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made structure in the world, standing at 829.8 m. http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/en/

Oman Muscat Wadi Frankincense Empty Quarter (Rubal Khali) capital city of Oman Wadi a dry river bed Frankincense staple (basic) fragrance of the Middle East. incense harvested from trees—used to disguise odors Empty Quarter (Rubal Khali) desert area / no-man’s land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5r9DxUwyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ1ineP3syA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33YnVBsSvL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfunO4NYyiU

KUWAIT Kuwait is approx. the size of NJ Kuwait City national capital. Operation Desert Storm (1991) UN military operation to liberate Kuwait... Iraq (S. Hussein) invaded Kuwait to gain access to the Persian Gulf. Iraqi troops as a distraction / destruction set Kuwaiti oil fields on fire. “oil lakes” (450) were created to save the oil spills... before & after the fires were extinguished.

KUWAIT Liberation Day (Feb. 26) Oil is 90% of Kuwait’s economy. the day U.N. troops drove the Iraqi invaders out of Kuwait. Oil is 90% of Kuwait’s economy. Burgeon Oil Field second largest oil field in the world 100 yrs. of oil reserves remains in Kuwait... 10% of the world’s oil