SW Asia Ethnic groups

a group of people who share a common culture is a/an

• religious group

• ethnic group

• social group

• none of the above

a group of people who share a belief system is a/an:

• ethnic group

• religious group

• social group

• none of the above

Which of the following do religious groups share?

• belief in the same god/gods.

• a sacred text

• a specific set of rules about how to live

• all of the above

Most Arabs speak Arabic.

• True

• False

This ethnic group makes up about half of Iran's current population.

• Kurds

• Persians

• Arabs

• none of the above

Persians speak this language - one of the oldest languages still spoken today.

• Hebrew

• Arabic

• Farsi

• none of the above

This ethnic group that lives in Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq was once semi-nomadic.

• Persians

• Arabs

• Kurds

• none of the above

The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without:

• a written language.

• their own country.

• a leader.

• none of the above

Kurds share many aspects of their culture with:

• Iranians

• Saudi Arabians

• Israelis

• none of the above

Not all Arabs are Muslim, and not all Muslims are Arabs.

• True

• False