ME Religion and Culture Test Practice

The majority of the people in the Middle East belong to which ethnic group?

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Jews

• Muslims

______________ are considered both an ethnic group and a religious group.

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Jews

• Muslims

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have in common?

• all three are monotheistic

• they all have the same prophet

• they were all born in the Middle East

• They are all three monotheistic and born in the Middle East

Monotheism is __________

• believing in only one prophet

• believing in only one God

• having no religious beliefs

• believing in many Gods

The majority of the population in the Middle East practice which religion?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

• none of the above

_________% of the population in the Middle East is Jewish.

• 50

• 2

• 90

• none

What are two major groups, or divisions, of Muslims?

• Sunni and Persian

• Sunni and Shia

• Arabs and Christians

• Kurds and Jews

About _________% of all Muslims are Shia?

• 90

• 50

• 2

• 10

The division between Sunni and Shia Muslims is:

• over who should control the government in each country in the Middle East

• over whether Muhammad is a prophet

• over whether Muslims should participate in jihad

• over who should be Muhammad's successor, or leader, of the religion

The Quran is written in which language?

• Hebrew

• English

• Spanish

• Arabic