Ethnic and Religious Groups of SW Asia

Which best describes the religion of Arabs?

• The majority of Arabs are Shia Muslims.
• All Arabs are Sunni Muslims.
• Most Arabs speak Farsi.
• Most are Muslim, but not all Arabs are Muslim

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

What is the language of the Arabs?

• Arabic
• Hebrew
• Farsi
• Persian

A group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations.

• religious group
• ethnic group

Members of an ethnic group must share all of the following in common EXCEPT

• language
• ancestors
• religion
• traditions

Members of an ethnic group may have different religions

• true
• false

A group of people who share the same belief system.

• Religious Group

• Ethnic Group

• Persians

• Kurds

The belief in only one god. 

• Polytheistic
• Monotheistic
• Ditheistic
• Tritheistic