1. 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.

2. 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.
Oil Discovery & Distribution of Wealth 1968 video 52 minutes

5. 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
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.
world’s richest kid

8. 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 m.

9. 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

11. 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.

13. 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