Ethnic Groups and Religions Groups

Identify the ethnic group being described here:

• Have no official homeland, but would like one

• Speak both Kurdish and Arabic

• Forced to abandon nomadic lifestyle post-WWI

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Persians

• Muslims

A woman in Israel prays to God and the Messiah, Jesus Christ. She reads both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible. She tries to follow the teachings of the prophets, and she often visits places in the Holy City that were important in the life of Jesus Christ. This woman is part of which religious group?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

Who was the father/founder of Christianity?

• Abraham

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Ali

What is the sacred text (holy book) of Judaism?

• Quran (and parts of the Bible)

• Bible

• Torah

True or False: Everyone in the same ethnic group practices the same religion.

• True

• False

Identify the ethnic group being described here:

• Largest ethnic group in Iran

• Unified by their language, Farsi

• Originally practiced Zoroastrianism

• Today most are Muslims

• Arabs

• Persians

• Kurds

Who was the founder of Islam?

• Abraham

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Ali

Which of the following are characteristics of someone in the same RELIGIOUS group?

• Ahmir and Omar both live in Northern Africa and speak Arabic.

• Ahmir lives in America, while Omar lives in North Africa but they both pray to Allah 5x a day.

• Ahmir and Omar both live in Iran and speak Farsi.

• Ahmir and Omar both live in Kurdistan and speak Kurdish.

What is the scared text (holy book) of Islam?

• Quran

• Bible

• Torah

True or False: Jerusalem is a holy spot for all 3 religions.

• True

• False