SW Asia Religious & Ethnic Groups

A group of people who share a common history, language, and ancestry.

• Religious Group

• Ethnic Group

• Judaism

• Christianity

One is born into an Ethnic Group based on their ancestry.

• True

• False

A group of people who share the same belief system.

• Religious Group

• Ethnic Group

• Persians

• Kurds

Where in SW Asia did Islam originate?

• Jerusalem

• Israel

• Saudi Arabia

• Mesopotamia/Iraq

The "Holy Book" for Judaism is the:

• Quran

• Bible

• Torah

• Book of Mormon

Sunni and Shia are both sects of which following religion?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hasidim

The language of the Arabic people is:

• Farsi

• Aramaic

• Arabic

• Kurdish

Most Persians live in:

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Iraq

• Afghanistan

Which of the Ethnic Groups of Southwest Asia speak Farsi?

• Arabs

• Persians

• Kurds

• Bedouins

Most Kurds practice which of the following religions?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Sunni Islam

• Shia Islam