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The Five Themes of Geography within Kuwait Kathy, Amanda, Rachel, Nicole, Sarah T. TE 401 Section 7 Social Studies Methods Michigan State University Location The absolute location of Kuwait Latitude: 45 45 E Longitude: 45 45 E The relative location of Kuwait Name where your country is located relative to other countries around it. Middle East. Bordering Persian Gulf. Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Place Physical/human characteristics of Kuwait Physical characteristics include: Dry desert plain, .8% arable land. Natural resources - petroleum, shrimp, fish, natural gas. Slightly smaller than New jersey. Only country without natural lake. Human characteristics include: Population - 2,596,799. Over half are non-nationals. Life expectancy - 77 years. Ethnic groups - 45% Kuwaiti, 35% other “arab”, 9% South Asain, 4% Iranian, 7% other. Religion - 85% Muslim. Official language - Arabic. Human-Environment Relationships Human Interaction of Kuwait How do humans interact with this environment: “Oil rich, worker poor” World’s largest desalinization complexes. Food is mostly imported. 97% of population is urban. Wealth distributed very unevenly. Movement Political/cultural/religious ideas of Kuwait Political ideas which spread: No political parties but groups that front candidates. Trade of goods: Fifth-largest proven oil reserve - main export is oil. Before oil was discovered, pearls and hides were main exports. Can’t grow food so it’s imported. Communication: 2.7 million cell phones (more than population!) No railroads, highway system being developed. One international airport near capital. Region Kuwait region is called: Middle East Physical region: Middle East. Economic region: OPEC (oil). Kuwait is so great, But don’t go there for vacation: You might die of dehydration. Their economy should never spoil, Because of their large supply of oil. * * Kuwait resort with oil refinery in background Insert a