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MIDDLE EAST ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS
MIDDLE EAST ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS
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A review of Middle East ethnic and religious groups.
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1
Who is the founder of Islam?
Jesus
Moses
Abraham
Muhammad
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Which ethnic group can be mostly found in Iran today?
kurds
arabs
persians
sunnis
3
What is the language that Persians speak?
spanish
farsi
kurdish
arabic
4
Arabs can be found mostly in the Middle East and in the northern part of which continent?
Australia
Europe
Africa
Asia
5
What are the two holidays in Christianity called?
Ramadan and Passover
Christmas and Easter
Mecca and Medina
Hanukkah and Yom Kippur
6
What is a religious group?
a group of people who have a common background
a group of people who speak the same language
a group of people who share the same belief system
a group of people who come from the same country
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What is the holy book in Judaism?
torah
koran
dictionary
bible
8
What are the two branches of Christianity?
arabs and jews
kurds and persians
sunni and shia
catholic and protestant
9
What is the holy book of Islam called?
koran
torah
bible
newspaper
10
Who is the founder of Christianity?
Abraham
Moses
Muhammad
Jesus
11
Which is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East?
sunnis
persians
kurds
arabs
12
What are the two groups in Islam called?
Sunni and Shia
Kurds and Persians
Arabs and Kurds
Muslims and Jews
13
What is the name of God in Islam?
Muhammad
Allah
Jehova
Jesus
14
What is the holy book of Christianity called?
bible
koran
torah
novel
15
What is the name of God in Judaism?
Jehova
Muhammad
Jesus
Yahweh
16
What are the four countries in which the Kurds live in?
Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey
Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran
17
What is the holy city in Islam called?
Mecca
Jerusalem
Iran
Bagdad
18
Who is considered to be the Patriarch (father) all three major religions in the Middle East?
Abraham
Ishmael
Isaac
Jesus
19
Which ethnic group in the Middle East does not have a country of their own?
sunnis
arabs
persians
kurds
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What holiday is celebrated by Muslims?
Christmas
Hanukkah
Passover
Ramadan
