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JORDAN

JORDAN. MARY, BRIDGET, CAITLIN. Population: 6,198,677 . HISTORICAL. AMMAN. Most Palestinian Arabs are refugees of the Arab-Israeli wars 1948 and 1967. Majority moved from West Bank to Amman, Jordan between wars. Nabataean's built Petra between 400 BCE and 160 CE.

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JORDAN

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  1. JORDAN MARY, BRIDGET, CAITLIN Population: 6,198,677

  2. HISTORICAL AMMAN • Most Palestinian Arabs are refugees of the Arab-Israeli 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.

  3. GEOGRAPHY • 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. Jordan Valley

  4. South Jordan Desert Topography -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

  5. 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

  6. NATURAL RESOURCES -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

  7. Geography effects • -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

  8. economy -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)

  9. 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 RELIGIOUS

  10. CULTURE 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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

  13. COUSIN + COUSIN = • 14% of Jordanian women are in the workforce. • Unemployment rate is 65% for women.

  14. Issues in Jordan today • High poverty and unemployment • Standard of Living • Policy of Openness • Conflict with Bordering Nations

  15. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits Jordan(5.14.09) 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

  16. Sources: • "Culture of Jordan." Culture of Jordan. Every Culture. 27 May 2009 <http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/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 • Images: • http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fHF8Yw4zp2Yh/610x.jpg • http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/152452992_a6851ffd35.jpg?v=0 • http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/2103600022_d27037b4df.jpg?v=0 • http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01884/arabic.gif • http://www.arab2.com/arab-traditional-dress/images/rwalla-dress.jpg • http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-17566202.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BC70845DF-4F0F-4526-9B78-9630259216A4%7D • http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1558/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1558-09653.jpg • http://www.jacamels.co.uk/images/Camel-Racing1.jpg • http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eCggP7bRC0dd/610x.jpg • http://www.firstalliancetoccoa.org/home/modules/contrib/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/imagemanager/images/amman_jordan_small.JPG • http://www.dar-us-salam.com/images/G19b-Kaba-Minars.jpg • http://www.globaloceans.org/icm/profiles/images/jo-map.jpg • http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/940/50158799.jpg • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/jordan_rel_2004.jpg • http://earthtrends.wri.org/povlinks/jpegs/poverty/jordan.jpg • http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/images/abdullah100.jpg • http://www.uoguelph.ca/geology/geol2250/glossary/HTML%20files/DRC%20Great%20Rift%20Valley.jpg • http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=6&id=4548 • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8049724.stm • http://www.galleries.com/minerals/phosphat/triphyli/triphyli.jpg • http://www.matternetwork.com/images/Matter/oilshale_325.jpg • http://www.potash1.ca/i/misc/Potash.jpg • http://www.exact-me.org/overview/images/p07_sj.jpg • http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/images/Jordan_Physical.jpg • http://www.photius.com/images/jo04_04a.jpg • http://www.seasonsofthemoon.com/images/places/gallery2/Rain-in-the-Jordan-Valley.jpg

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