Ethnic Groups Review Middle East

The Kurdish people live in the mountains of:

• Iraq

• Syria

• Turkey

• All of the above

Persians are the primary ethnic group in which country?

• Saudi Arabia

• Turkey

• Iran

• Syria

People in the same ethnic group sometimes practice the same religion, but not always.

• True

• False

People who share the same ancestry and language are part of the same:

• Ethnic Group

• Religious Group

A group of people who have a common spiritual belief is a(n):

• Ethnic Group

• Religious Group

Which ethnic group is being described: Language - Arabic, Religion - mostly Islam, Location - Arabian peninsula

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Persians

Which statement refers to an ethnic group?

• Muslims follow the Five Pillars of Faith.

• Christians believe Jesus is the messiah.

• The Jewish holy book is the torah.

• Persians speak the Farsi language.

Arabs, Persians, and Kurds all live in roughly the same region of the world and are virtually the same people.

• True

• False

The majority of people living in Southwest Asia are members of which ethnic group?

• Kurd

• Persian

• Arab

• Jew

Most Kurds practice ______ Islam, while most Persians practice _____ Islam.

• Shi'a, Sunni

• Sunni, Shi'a