·· Jordan has small agriculture, but it grows citrus fruits, bananas, tomatoes, and cucumbers
· Fishing is large activity
· forestry wood is used mainly for fuel
· potash and phosphates are the 2nd most exported good in the country (aka: lots of mining of minerals)
· cement and clothes are also big products
· heavily dependent on oil imports
· banking is a large source of jobs
· Jordan has a large labor force
· areas of greatest population density are the cities because this is where business takes place
· clothing is either traditional Arab costume or modern-day Western outfit…environment is warm so clothes are light and airy
(Library of Congress Federal Research Division)
*How Humans have modified the environment
· lack of sewage treatmentàsurface water is contaminated
· mining potash, phosphate, and cementàDUSTàpollutes air and water
· small towns have little to no garbage collection, so in the whole country is an estimated 13,000 tons of hazardous waste
(South 53-57)
