Ethnic Groups - Cooper 09/27/21

What is a community of people sharing a common culture, ancestry, customs, and language known as?

• religious group

• ethnic group

• social group

What do members of a religious group have in common? Check ALL correct answers.

• beliefs

• ethnicity

• practices

• region

The majority of people in the Middle East are members of which ethnic group?

• Jordanians

• Iranians

• Arabs

Most Arabs are followers of which religion?

• Islam

• Sunni

• Shia

Kurds live in the mountainous parts of the Middle East, an area informally called:

• Kurdinbal

• Iran

• Kurdistan

Which modern day country is home to Perisans?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Afghanistan

What language do Persians speak?

• Persian

• Iranian

• Farsi

Which form of Islam do most Kurds practice?

• Shia

• Islam

• Sunni

What form of Islam do most Persians practice?

• Sunni

• Shia

• Islam

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

• True

• False