Ethnic Groups of the Middle East - 2018/2019

The 3 major ethnic groups of the Middle East are

• Jews, Christians, Muslims
• Arabs, Maronites, Iranians
• Arabs, Kurds,  Persians
• Larry, Moe, Curly

Kurds currently have their own country?

• True
• False

Persians live in the country we currently know as  __________.  This country was named ________ until 1935.

• Iraq, Persia
• Iran, Persia
• Persia, Iraq
• Persia, Iran

Kurds live in the mountainous area of what Middle Eastern countries?

• Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria
• Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
• Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria

You can change your religious group?

• True
• False

You can change your ethnic group?

• True
• False

Most Arabs speak ___________.

• Arabic
• Farsi
• Kurdish

Most Persians speak ________.

• Arabic
• Farsi
• Kurdish

Most Kurds speak _________.

• Arabic
• Farsi
• Kurdish

The religion of most Arabs is _____________.

• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam