Middle Eastern Culture

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What is culture?

• A way of life

• People moving from one place to another

• Eating a certain food

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Which of the following best describes the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group?

• Ethnic groups share common characteristics like language and traditions, while religious groups share a belief system.

• Ethnic groups are always religious groups.

• Religious groups are always ethnic groups.

• Ethnic groups and religious groups are the same.

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Which of the following statements about Arabs in the Middle East is correct?

• All Arabs are Muslims.

• All Muslims are Arabs.

• The majority of Arabs in the Middle East are Muslim, but not all Arabs are Muslims, and not all Muslims are Arab.

• Arabs do not speak Arabic.

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Which language is spoken by Persians as their native language?

• Arabic

• Farsi

• Turkish

• Hebrew

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After learning about the different ethnic and religious groups in the Middle East, what questions do you still have or what would you like to know more about?

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People who share the same language and live in the same area can have a different culture:

• True

• False

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Most Middle Eastern countries are: ______________.

• Jewish

• Turkish

• Arabic

• Spanish

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Two important features of a culture are

• economy and climate

• natural resources and climate

• language and religious beliefs

• weather and writing

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What is culture? 

• A shared way of life
• The spread of ideas
• a short well known expression 
• a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice 

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If there are a variety of cultures in the same area, people would say that this area has

• dynamic
• interdependence
• cultural diffusion
• cultural diversity

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What is a cultural tradition?

• A new video game

• A practice or custom that is passed down through generations within a culture

• A type of food that no one likes

• A rule made by the government

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Traditions are part of our cultural heritage.

• True

• False