Ethnic Groups Comprehension Quiz

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

• Ethnic group

• Religious group

What do members of a religious group have in common?

• Common traditions and cultures.

• Common religious beliefs and practices.

• Common foods and holidays.

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

• Bantu

• Kurds

• Arabs

• Persians

Most Arabs are followers of which religion?

• Animism

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

Kurds live in mountainous parts of the Middle East. An area informally called:

• The West Bank

• Kurdistan

• The Gaza Strip

• Persia

Which modern day country is home to Persians?

• Iran

• Iraq

• Bahrain

• Pakistan

What language do Persians speak?

• English

• Arabic

• Farsi

• Kurdish

Most Kurds practice:

• Sunni Islam

• Shi'a Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

Most Persians practice:

• Christianity

• Sunni Islam

• Shi'a Islam

• Judaism

Arabs, Persians & 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 have different beliefs, languages, customs, etc.