Arabs
What language do most Arabs speak?
Arabic
What is the modern name of the country that was once called Persia?
Iran
Kurds form almost 20% of the population of Turkey and
Iraq
What is the primary religion of the majority of Arabs and Kurds?
Islam/ Muslims
Which branch of Islam do most Arabs practice in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Sunni Muslims
What language do Persians primarily speak?
In which four countries do the Kurds primarily live?
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
What is the holy book of Islam called?
Qura'n/ Koran
Who do Arabs believe they are descendants of?
Mohammad
How much of Iran's population is made up of Persians?
Half
What language do the Kurds speak
Kurdish or Farsi
What do Sunnis and Shi’a disagree about regarding leadership in Islam?
Who should be the leader of the Muslim world after Muhammad.
What important book do Arabs need to read Arabic to understand?
Quran
What branch of Islam do most Persians practice?
Shia
Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world that does have
their own country
What is the more strict branch of Islam called?
Shia Muslim-
Which branch of Islam do most Muslims follow
Sunni Muslims
What ancient people do Persians believe their ancestors are related to?
Indo- Europeans
What is the primary religion practiced by most Kurds?
Muslim, and the great majority are Sunni;
Followers of Islam are called
Muslims