Population:
6,198,677
•Most Palestinian Arabs
are refugees of the ArabIsraeli wars 1948 and
1967. Majority moved
from West Bank to
Amman, Jordan between
wars.
•Nabataean's built Petra between 400 BCE and 160
CE.
•Ottoman Empire collapsed after 400 years and
was split by Britain Jordan.
•Total area: 92,300
sq km
•Climate- Mostly
arid desert (very dry
and hot) 88%
•Rainy season(in the
west) goes from
November to April.
South
Jordan
Desert
-Main topographical feature is a dry plateau running
from north to south(area of highland with flat terrain)
-Terrain is mostly desert plateau in the East and
highland area in the West
Jordan Rift Valley
-Jordan
River, Hula Valley, Lake
Tiberias, Dead Sea
- Year round agricultural climate,
fertile soils and water supply made it
a site for agriculture dating to about
10,000 years ago
-Phosphates
used for mining purposes
-Potash
used primarily as an agricultural fertilizer (plant nutrient) because it is a
source of soluble potassium
-Shale Oil
Covers 60% of Jordan’s territory and is considered of high quality
-Jordanians
depend on the Transjordan plateau for the
majority of the farming that they do.
-Land Use:
-Arable land: 3.32%
-Permanent crops: 1.18%
-Other: 95.5%
-Natural Hazards: Droughts, Periodic Earthquakes
-Major Effects:
-Limited natural fresh water resources
--deforestation
--overgrazing
--soil erosion
-GDP: $30.76 billion (2008)
-GDP per capita: $5,000 (2008)
Industries:
-service industries make up the largest part of the
country:
-employ about 70% of Jordan's workers
-government and military employ many Jordanians
-dependent on foreign aid for most everything
-majority of Jordan workers work abroad and send
money home (No jobs in Jordan)
•Constitutional Monarchy
•Islam is official religion
•95% population are Muslims
•Follows Sunni or Orthodox
branches of Islam, others are
Christians
•Jordan is the only Arab
country where Palestinians
can become citizens
CAMEL
RACING
•Children required to
attend school through
9th grade.
•4 major universities,
many community
colleges.
•Basketball, camel
racing, horse racing,
soccer, martial arts,
folk dancing.
•10% population live
in Palestinian refugee
camps [majority
made of concrete]
•Women cover up,
men cover their
heads with a
Kaffiyeh.
•Majority of
population live in
capital city, Amman
and surrounding
cities.
•Cheese, Bread,
Rice, veggies,
chicken, lamb,
coffee, tea, juice.
•Mansef-lamb
cooked in yogurt on
rice.
•Arabic
•English is widely
taught and
spoken as well
COUSIN + COUSIN
=
•14% of Jordanian
women are in the
workforce.
•Unemployment rate is
65% for women.
• High poverty and
unemployment
• Standard of Living
• Policy of Openness
• Conflict with Bordering
Nations
The Bones of The Meeting
• Jordan
-King pro Two-State Israel
• Israeli attitude so far… not for
this idea
• Meeting cut short due to
Pope’s arrival in Israel
• US in support of Jordan King
Sources:
•"Culture of Jordan." Culture of Jordan. Every Culture. 27 May 2009 <http://www.everyculture.com/JaMa/Jordan.html>.
•The World Book encyclopedia: v.1. Chicago, Ill. : World Book, Inc, c2006.
•Central Intelligence Agency. (2009). The World Fact Book: Jordan. Updated May 14, 2009, Retrieved May
31st 2009, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jo.html
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