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Exploring Jordan: A Cultural and Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about Jordan's culture, history, and geography with this engaging quiz!

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1 It still boasts architecture from the 17th century upwards and is famous for its old ________.

2 ________ is the predominant religion in Jordan, and it is the majority religion among both Arabs and non-Arabs.

3 How many square miles is Jordan in area?

4 When was Jordan established?

5 With instability across the region in Iraq and Lebanon, Jordan is emerging as the "business capital of the Levant" and the "the next ________".

6 What is the leader of Jordan called?

7 [75] However, emigration to Europe, ________ and the United States and lower birth rates compared to Muslims has significantly decreased the ratio of the Christian population.

8 Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the ________ promulgated on 8 January 1952.

9 Jordan earned almost $1 billion dollars in medical tourism revenues according to the ________.

10 Jordan ranked first in the MENA with 55.0 points followed by ________ with 54.47 points, Morocco with 54.45 points, and Lebanon with 54.3 points.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the Dana Nature Reserve is the largest nature reserve in Jordan.
  • the East Ghor Main Canal diverts nearly all the annual flow of the Yarmouk River for irrigation in Jordan.
  • the extinct spider Eoplectreurys is the oldest described genus of Haplogynae, predating spiders from Cretaceous amber in Jordan and Lebanon.
  • the Palestinian–Jordanian alliance forged at the Battle of Karameh (house blown up during the battle pictured) is considered by observers to have led to Black September in Jordan.
  • in Jordan, two journalists who republished three of the twelve Danish Mohammad cartoons were sentenced to two months in jail.
  • the Jawa Dam in Jordan is the oldest known dam in the world, dating back to 3000 BC.
  • the Jordan River Foundation was founded by Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan.
  • while Prime Minister of Jordan, Sulayman al-Nabulsi (pictured) was accused of involvement in a coup against King Hussein, resulting in his house imprisonment for over four years.
  • there are six nature reserves in Jordan.
  • the historian and geographer Robin Donkin served in Egypt and Jordan as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.
  • the Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan was developed by a U.S. ambassador in 1955 to reduce conflict between Israel, Jordan, and their neighbors.
  • in 1954, Israel walked out of the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission after the commission failed to condemn Jordan for the Scorpion Pass Massacre.
  • historian J. Bowyer Bell was tear gassed in Belfast, held hostage in Jordan, shot at in Lebanon, kidnapped in Yemen and deported from Kenya.
  • Baqa'a is the largest refugee camp for Palestinians in Jordan.
  • Dibeen Forest Reserve, established in 2004, is the newest nature reserve in Jordan.
  • Al-Maquar, which contains the royal residence of Jordan, was built on the camp-site for the armies of the Arab Revolt, who captured Amman in 1918.
  • Jordanian politician Sa`id al-Mufti's wife continued living in the Al-Mufti House (pictured) after his death.
  • Jordan's Municipality of Salt derives its name from the Latin saltus meaning valley of trees as there is much greenery in the area.
  • Jabal Amman is one of the seven original hills that Amman, Jordan was built on during the Neolithic period.
  • Qualifying Industrial Zones are special free-trade zones in Jordan and Egypt created to take advantage of the free trade agreements between the United States and Israel.
  • as a Jordanian tribal Shaikh, Barjas al-Hadid has been responsible for mediating blood feuds between tribe members in Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • Captain Abu Raed, Jordan's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, is the first Jordanian feature film made in over 50 years.
  • Winston's Hiccup refers to the huge zigzag in Jordan’s eastern border with Saudi Arabia, supposedly because Winston Churchill hiccuped as he drew the boundary of Transjordan after a generous and lengthy lunch.
  • Salt is an ancient agricultural town in west-central Jordan, famous for the quality of its grape harvest, and therefore speculated to be the root for the English word sultana.
  • Israeli politician and settlement activist Gershon Shafat spent ten months as a Jordanian prisoner of war.
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