Ethnic and Religious Group

The majority of people in Southwest Asia belong to which ethnic group?

• Persians

• Kurds

• Arab

• Jews

Today, most Iranians speak Farsi and belong to this ethnic group?

• Arabs

• Persians

• Kurds

• Jews

What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and Iraq?

• Jews

• Kurds

• Arabs

• Persians

Where do most Middle Eastern Jews live?

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Iran

• Iraq

Today, a major cause of conflict in the Middle East is between which two groups over land?

• Bedouins and Armenians

• Persians and Iranians

• Jews and Palestinians (Arabs)

• Arabs and Egyptians

Which of these is NOT true of an ethnic group?

• You are born into an ethnic group.

• You can choose to change your ethnic group

• People in the same ethnic group typically share similar customs and traditions.

• Three major religious groups in the Middle East are Arabs, Persians, and Kurds.

This ethnic group believes themselves to be descendants of Abraham through his son Ishmael.

• Jews

• Kurds

• Arabs

• Persians

Sunni and Shia Muslims disagree over...

• whether to follow the Bible or Koran

• who is in charge of the Muslim world

• how many times a day to pray

• whether Mecca or Medina should be their holy site

Most Persians live in the country of

• Turkey

• Israel

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

This ethnic group makes up almost 20% of the total population of Turkey and Iraq.

• Persians

• Kurds

• Jews

• Arabs