SW Asia Ethnic & Religious Groups

Sunni Muslims believe you MUST be a direct bloodline of Muhammad to be the leader of Islam, TRUE or FALSE?

The Kurdish people live in the mountains of:

This is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East without a country of their own:

Which religious group is being described: "Believe Jesus to be the messiah, holy book is the Bible, Easter is a holiday"

This type of group is identified based on their common religious BELIEFS and practices.

TRUE or FALSE: Mecca is a Holy city for Muslims?

This ethnic group speaks Farsi

Which of the below is NOT one of the 3 major religions in the Middle East:

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

This SW Asian religion has the following holidays: Passover, Yom Kippur

Persians are the primary ethnic group in which country?

Followers of Islam are called _________________.

What ethnic group makes up 20% of the population of Turkey?

Southwest Asia's second oldest religious group is ______.

Which religious group began here:

Which religious group began here:

Orthodox, conservative, restrictive to women followers of Islam; believe Islamic leader MUST be related to Muhammad

Sunni and Shi'a are factions of which religious group?

Followers of Judaism are called __________.

People in the same ethnic group sometimes practice the same religion, but not always.

A person who is planning a pilgrimage to Mecca is most likely part of which religious group?

This group of Middle Easterners speak Arabic

Which of the below is NOT one of the 3 major ethnic groups in the Middle East: 

Which religious group began here:

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

Islamic extremists who prefer order through rigid adherence to sharia law.(HINT: they kidnapped Parvana´s father)

Ramadan - Koran (holy text) - Worship in mosques

Each of the 3 dominant religions of SW Asia can trace its roots back to who?

Most Kurds practice ______ Islam, while most Persians practice _____ Islam.

This person is believed to have received messages from God while meditating in the cave of Hira:

What is the MOST practiced religion in SW Asia? 

Which statement refers to an ethnic group?

List the order (oldest to youngest) that the 3 religions of SW Asia originated:

Jerusalem is a holy city for Christians because:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all began in ___________.

People who share the same ancestry and language are part of the same:

"I am ready to do well - really well - on this assessment!"

Which ethnic group is being described: Language - Arabic, Religion - mostly Islam, Location - Arabian peninsula

Founded in 33 CE - Worship in churches - Easter

People in the same religious group ___________ practice the same religion.

A group of people who have a common spiritual belief is a(n):

Followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam all practice __________________ (a belief in 1 God).