S.W. Asia Ethnic Groups Quiz

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

• Religious group

• Ethnic group

• Community group

What do members of a religious group have in common?

• Common culture and ancestry

• Common beliefs and practices

• Common language and dialect

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

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Persians

Most Arabs are followers of which religion?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

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

• Kurdistan

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabi

Which modern day country is home to Persians?

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Iran

What language do Persians speak?

• Spanish

• Farsi

• Arabic

Most Kurds practice __________ Islam, while most Persians practice _________ Islam.

• Shi'a, Sunni

• Sunni, Shi'a

True or False (if false, explain):

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

Answer explanation

Ethnic groups are different; different beliefs, languages, customs, heritage, etc.