SW Asia Ethnic & Religious Groups

The Kurdish people live in the mountains of:

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Syria

• All three of these countries

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

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

• True

• False

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

• Arabs

• Persians

• Kurds

• Muslim

Which ethnic group is from Iran?

• Arabs

• Persian

• Kurd

• Muslim