Jordan

Patrick O'Brien

5-6 Hour

Geography

Most of Jordan's 35,475 square miles is desert

Sharp volcanic rocks dominate the east, deep canyons marks the south

Jordanians mainly use roads to get around and it has a port in the south west corner of the country

Exact location 31 00 N 36 00 E Relative location east of Israel and west of Saudi Arabia

History

After World War 1, Abdullah Ibn Hussein, with the help of the British led the Bedouins of Jordan against the Ottomans in 1918

After a six day war in 1967 hundreds of thousands Palestinians fled to Jordan

One part of Transjordan became a country in 1921, with Hussein as the king

Britain controlled the country until 1946, when a new constitution gave Hussein great power and renamed the country Jordan

Economy

Jordan is an Almost Developing country

Reasons why they are Almost Developing country because most of the characteristics show they are Almost Developing

For GDP per capita Jordan is $5,000 while U.S.A is $48,000

A final reason Jordan is an Almost Developing Country because they have one of the largest age group of zero through fourteen years old

Politics

They are a constitutional monarchy, which means they have a king and a constitution to follow

The present leaders are King Abudallah the Second and the Prime Minister is Nader Al-Dahbi

Jordan also has a legislature called the National Assembly

A National Assembly is a group of people with the power to make laws

Culture

More than 90% of Jordanians are Sunni Muslims and the rest are Christians and other various religions

Most Jordanians speak Arabic, Arabic has 28 letters compared to America's 26 letters

Ramadan is their Main holiday were they fast sun rise to sun set for a month

Jordanians love and adore poetry, stories, jokes, and puns

Facts & Figures

Life expectancy and for men 76.19% and for women 81.71%

Average life expectancy overall is 78%

Literacy rate for men is 95.1% and for women 84.7 %

Average literacy rate overall is 89%

Interesting Information

Soccer is the most popular sport in Jordan

The nations national dish is Mansaf [ a large trey of rice covered with chunks of stewed lamb meat including the head]

Originally, most Arab and Bedouin herders traveled by foot or camels

Jordanians value education, and parents work hard to give their kids the best education

Less than 10% of the land is fit for farming

Bibliography

"Jordan." CultureGrams Kids Edition. 2008. ProQuest. 17 Mar 2009 <http://online.culturegrams.com/kids/kids_country_sub_categories.php?contid=3&wmn=Asia&cid=27&KidsSubCatID=11>.

"Jordan." CultureGrams Kids Edition. 2008. ProQuest. 17 Mar 2009 <http://online.culturegrams.com/kids/kids_country_sub_categories.php?contid=3&wmn=Asia&cid=27&cn=Jordan&KidsSubCatID=1>."Jordan." CultureGrams Kids Edition. 2008. ProQuest. 17 Mar 2009 <http://online.culturegrams.com/kids/kids_country_sub_categories.php?contid=3&wmn=Asia&cid=27&KidsSubCatID=7>.