SW Asia Ethnic Groups MFA Review

The Kurdish people live in the mountains of:

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Iran

• All of the above

Persians are the primary ethnic group in which country?

• Iran

• Turkey

• Syria

• Saudi Arabia

(True or False) 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:

• 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 langauge.

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?

• Arab

• Persian

• Kurd

• Muslim

(Fill in the blanks) Most Kurds practice ______ Islam, while most Persians practice _____ Islam.

• Shi'a, Sunni

• Sunni, Shi'a