Southwest Asian Ethnic Groups
This is a group of people who share a common culture:
a. Religious Group
b. Ethnic Group
c. Nationality Group
b. Ethnic Group
What language do most Arabs speak?
a. Spanish
b. English
c. Arabic
c. Arabic
The Ottoman Turks were known for their ____________.
a. ruthless pursuit of land.
b. willingness to help other countries fight wars.
c. riches.
a. ruthless pursuit of land.
The league of nations gave France and Great Britain control of partitioning the Ottoman territory through the ________ agreement.
a. Ottoman
b. European
c. Sykes Picot
c. Sykes Picot
They are identified on the basis of religion, race, or national origin.
a. being a good student, intelligence, or grades
b. communities, homes, or ethnicity
c. religion, race, or national origin
c. religion, race, or national origin
What religion do most Arabs practice?
Islam
Its land stretched from what is now Turkey and parts of Southeastern Europe, North Africa, and Southwestern ________.
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
b. Asia
True or False? The northern region (Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) of the Ottoman Empire was under French control.
True
True or False? Ethnic groups can have many things in common: Shared history, common ancestry, language, religion, traditions, beliefs, holidays, food, etc.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Most _______ live in Iran and make up about half of Iran’s current population.
a. Arabs
b. Kurds
c. Persians
c. Persians
The Ottoman Sultans lack of ability to rule lead to the _________ of the empire.
a. success
b. decline
b. decline
The _____ were in control of the Southern region , (Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan and a chunk of Saudi Arabia).
a. French
b. British
c. Africa
b. British
The majority of people in the Middle East are ______. This group also live in the United States, Canada, parts of northern Africa, and Europe.
a. Persian
b. Kurds
c. Arab
c. Arab
Most Persians in Iran practice _________, but some are Sunni and other religions.
a. Christianity
b. Judaism
c. Shi’a Islam
c. Shi’a Islam
During WWI who did the Ottoman Empire side with?
The central powers
Many Kurds live in an area of northern Iraq called __________ (not a separate country).
a. New Iraq
b. Kurdistan
c. Israel
b. Kurdistan
Arabs of Southwest Asia believe themselves to be descendants of Abraham through his son _______.
a. Abraham
b. Ishmael
c. Moses
b. Ishmael
Persians speak a language called _______ (or Persian).
a. Farsi
b. Arabic
c. English
a. Farsi
After WWI the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the land was divided among the victorious ________ countries.
a. European
b. African
c. Asian
a. European
True or False?
The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. There is a strong nationalist movement among the Kurds for their own nation.
True