Ethnic Groups Of The Middle East

Front 1

Arabs are all the same race. (true/false)

Back 1

false

Front 2

This group (Arabs) started in the _____ peninsula.

Back 2

arabian

Front 3

Arabs are a significant poppulation in how many countries?

Back 3

20

Front 4

About 50 percent of their land is A.)fertile plains B.) mountains C.) desert D.) plateau

Back 4

C. Desert

Front 5

90 percent of the Arabs are what religion?

Back 5

Islam

Front 6

The second most popular relgion of the Arabs is _________.

Back 6

Christianity

Front 7

Arab families tend to be _____.

Back 7

Extended

Front 8

Learning (is/is not) highly regarded by the Arabs?

Back 8

is

Front 9

Iranians (are or are not) ARabs.

Back 9

are not

Front 10

Iran was called _______.

Back 10

Persia

Front 11

Iranians came to Iran from southern _______ around 1,000 BCE.

Back 11

Russia

Front 12

The persian language is also called ______.

Back 12

Farci

Front 13

One of the great Persian leaders was "_______ the Great."

Back 13

Cyrus

Front 14

Geographically Turkey was called _______.

Back 14

Asia Minor

Front 15

The man who tried to westernize Turkey after WWl.

Back 15

Ataturk

Front 16

In the 1,200's Ce, the ______ Turks came from Central Asia to Turkey.

Back 16

Seljuk

Front 17

What area is made up of Mongolia, and Tibet? Sometimes Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan is included in this geographical area.

Back 17

Central Asia

Front 18

Who brought the Israelis to Canaan?

Back 18

Abraham

Front 19

Israel formed as a homeland for the Israelis (Jews) in what year?

Back 19

1948

Front 20

What is the term for Jews born in Israel?

Back 20

Sabras

Front 21

The fortress on a hill where the Jews temporarily held off the Romans.

Back 21

Masada

Front 22

Two groups of people claim to Israel belongs to them. List the two groups of people and their religion.

Back 22

Israeli- Judaism, Palestinian-Islam

Front 23

The major religion of the Palestinians

Back 23

Islam

Front 24

The Palestinians claim ___ is their country

Back 24

Israel

Front 25

Most Armenians once lived in Turkey. (True/false)

Back 25

true

Front 26

Most Armenians are what religion?

Back 26

Christians

Front 27

People of which country tried to kill all the Armenians.

Back 27

Turkey

Front 28

Where do the Kurds rank in population size in the middle East?

Back 28

4th

Front 29

Most of the Kurds are what sect in the Muslim religion?

Back 29

Sunni Muslims

Front 30

The kurds live in _____.

Back 30

Eastern Turkey and the countries of this area

Front 31

The countries the Kurds live in (do/do not) recognize the Kurds as a separate group.

Back 31

do not

Front 32

If the Kurds get to have their own county they would call it ______.

Back 32

Kurdistan

Front 33

Kurds have been traditionally attacked by the countries they live in. They were most recently attacked by Iraq in 1991 after the "____ War." (2 words)

Back 33

Persian gulf

Front 34

Berbers tend to live in ____ Africa (which part)h

Back 34

Northwest

Front 35

Most Berbers now practise what religion?

Back 35

Islam

Front 36

Berbers tend to depend on ____ and farming for a living.

Back 36

herding

Front 37

Berbers tend to be devided into groups called _____.

Back 37

tribes

Front 38

A famous Berber froup in the Sahara is the ______.

Back 38

Tuareg

Front 39

The Berbers were the first inhabitants of the area they are now located in. (true/false)

Back 39

True

Front 40

Berber land has never been conquered by other civilizations. (true/false).

Back 40

False