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

An ethnic group can be identified by:

• race

• religion

• national origin

• all of the above

Which of the following do ethnic groups have in common?

• food

• traditions/beliefs

• ancestry

• all 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

People from an ethnic group always belong to the same religious group.

• True

• False

The majority of people living in the Middle East are Arab.

• True

• False

Arabs only live in the Middle East.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• Kurds

• Persians

• Arabs

• none of the above