Ethnic Groups Study Guide

The Kurdish people live in the mountains of:

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Syria

• All of the above

Persians are the primary ethnic group in which country?

• Iran

• Turkey

• syria

• Saudi Arabia

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:

• Religious group

• Ethnic group

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

• Religious group

• Ethnic group

Which ethnic group is being described:

Language - Arabic

Religion - mostly Islam

Location - Arabian Peninsula

• Persians

• Arabs

• Kurds

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.

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

• Arab

• Persian

• Kurd

• Muslim

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

• True

• False

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

• Shi'a, Sunni

• Sunni, Shi'a