SWA Ethnic Groups and Religions Quiz

Which would be an example of an ethnic group?

• people who grow similar food
• people who share a language and religion
• people who share a belief in god or gods
• people who like to read the same literature

Which would be an example of a religious group?

• people who grow similar food
• people who share a language or religion
• people who share a belief in god or gods
• people who like to read the same literature

What are the 3 main religious groups of Southwest Asia?

• Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
• Christianity, Islam, Judaism
• Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
• Christianity, Islam, Shamanism

The majority of people in the Middle East belong to this ethnic group.

• Arabs
• Persians
• Kurds

Today, most Iranians speak Farsi and are:

• Arab
• Persian
• Kurd

Kurds live in the mountains of the Middle East, an area informally called:

• Afghanistan
• Israel
• Kurdistan

Some people consider this group to be both an ethnic group and a religious group:

• Arabs
• Ethnic Turks
• Jews

The oldest religion in the Middle East is Judaism

• True
• False

Christianity, Judaism and Islam believe in all or part of the Bible

• True
• False

In Judaism, Mecca is a sacred place

• True
• False