1. Piper Bernard Social Studies Mrs. Westerlund 5-6
Kuwait
Piper Bernard Social Studies Mrs. Westerlund 5-6

2. Geography Absolute Location: 29 30 N, 45 45 E
Relative Location: Its on water near the Person Gulf
They move in and also out by planes
They move around by cars
Kuwait has dry deserts, intensely hot summers, and short,
cool winters
The per capita GDP is 60,800.
This is a picture of some oil workers at an oil reserve.

3. History Kuwait was established in 1756
Iraq came into Kuwait in August 1990 which started the Person Gulf War
Iraq occupied Kuwait and as an outcome they launched the Gulf War
This is a map of Kuwait and their capitol is Ash –Shuwaykh.

4. Politics
It is a national assembly democracy and a constitutional monarchy
Kuwait has two types of government
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah is head of Kuwait currently
This is Kuwait’s leader.

5. Culture Mostly spoken language is Arabic but English is still spoken
Holidays:
Muhammad’s birth= AD 570
Muhammad’s death= June 8, 632
Men wear long robes and a cloth headdress
Women wear long thin robes (burqa)
Children wear a western style and everyone wears leather sandals year round

6. Culture The Muslims pray at least five times a day
They pray on a prayers mat
When they pray it strengthens their commitment to god
Religions
Sunni 70%, Shia 30%, other includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi 15%
85% of people are Muslim
This is what a man in Kuwait would usually wear.

7. Facts and Figures Population Growth= 3.59% Population= 152,596,799
Life Expectancy=
Male: 76.38
Female: 78.75
Literacy Rate=
Male: 94.4%
Female: 91%
This is a picture of Kuwait in the daytime.

8. Interesting Information
People who are in the military have at least one month in annual training.
In Kuwait there are usually 900,000 internet users, but in America there are 413,183,671 internet users. Way more than Kuwait.
Usually a male will invite his male guests to go to a separate part of the room called a diwaniyah where they relax, converse, eat, and drink tea or coffee.
This is a man in Kuwait.

9. Interesting Information
The flag of Kuwait was established in It has:
A black trapezoid and three bands of green, white, and red
Those colors are called the pan-Arab colors and are used in many other Arab flags
Kuwait people sit at low tables on floor cloths
They have individual plates and lunch is the main meal of the day
This is Kuwait’s current flag to their country.

10. Bibliography Slide World Fact Book:
World Fact Book:
 Kuwait." World Fact book. Central Intelligence Agency
Grolier Online:
Sheskin, Ira M. "Kuwait (country)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Grolier Online. 10 Feb < bin/article?assetid= >.
World Book:
Kuwait." World Book Kids [Place of access.] 10 Feb <
Culture Grams:
Kuwait.” CultureGrams World Edition ProQuest. 19 May < contid=7&wmn=Middle_East &cid=125&cn=Kuwait