Middle East People & Religions Vocab

A group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations

• Ethnic Group

• Nomadic Group

• Religious Group

• disenfranchised group

These people live in a mountain region that spans Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey

• Iraqis

• Persians

• Arabs

• Kurds

These people are the largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia

• Syrians

• Persians

• Arabs

• Kurds

Descendants of a great empire that live mostly in Iran.

• Saudis

• Persians

• Arabs

• Kurds

People that share a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature

• Ethnic Group

• refugees

• Religious Group

• Demographic

The belief in one God

• Atheism

• Monotheism

• Theocracy

• Polytheism

The oldest of the three dominant religions in Southwest Asia.

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Sikhism

The Jewish sacred text

• Koran

• Torah

• Bible

• Vedas

A place where Jews worship.

• Church

• Mosque

• Shrine

• Synagogue

The second oldest religion in the Middle East.

• Judaism

• Islam

• Sikhism

• Christianity