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1. Circle the groups that live inthe Middle East:
Arabs
Armenians
Kurds
Persians
Jews
Turks1
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1. Circle the groups that live inthe Middle East:
Arabs
Armenians
Kurds
Persians
Jews
Turks2
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Majority Arab Populations
CIA The World Factbook 2004
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Sizeable Armenian Populations
Armenia: 93% - 2.7 million
Azerbaijan: 1.5% - 120,000Georgia: 5.7% - 270,000
Syria: 9.7% (w/Kurds) -1.8 million
CIA The World Factbook 2006
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Lebanon: 4% - 160,000
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Sizeable Kurdish Populations
Turkey: 20% - 14 million
Iraq: 15-20% - 3.9 - 5.2 million
Iran: 7% - 4.76 million
Syria: 9.7% (w/ Armenians) - 1.8 million
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Significant Persian Populations
Iran: 51% - 34 million
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Kuwait: 4% - 100,000
Qatar: 10% - 90,000
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Sizeable Persian Populations
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Sizeable Jewish Populations
West Bank: 17% - 420,000
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Israel: 80.1% - 5 million
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Significant Turkish Populations
Turkey: 80% - 56 million
Cyprus: 18% - 150,000
Bulgaria: 9.4% - 750,000
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Germany: 2.4% - 1.98 million
CIA World Factbook 2006
Sizeable Turkish Populations
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2. Arabs are…
A) A religious group
B) A language group
C) A national group
D) An ethnic group
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2. Arabs are…
A) A religious group
B) A language group
C) A national group
D) An ethnic group D) Yes. Ethnicity is defined byreligion, language, nationality orculture, therefore Arabs ARE anethnic group.
A) No. Arabs are NOT a religiousgroup although MOST Arabs areMuslims, there are Christian andeven Jewish Arabs.
B) Yes and No. Although theArabic language is a core anddefining aspect of Arab culture,some Arabs, particularlyimmigrants of non-Arab nationssuch as the United States, do notspeak Arabic.
C) No. There are 22 differentnations with majority Arabpopulations, therefore Arab doesnot suggest one particular nation.
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3. All Arabs are Muslims.
True False
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3. All Arabs are Muslims.
True False
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4. All Arabs speak Arabic.
True False
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4. All Arabs speak Arabic.
True False
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5. All Arabs live in the Middle East.
True False
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5. All Arabs live in the Middle East.
True False
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6. Circle the religions thatoriginated in the Middle East:
Bahaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Zoroastrianism17
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6. Circle the religions thatoriginated in the Middle East:
Bahaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Zoroastrianism18
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Origins of Religions in West and South Asia
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7. What is the definitionof “Muslim”?
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7. What is the definitionof “Muslim”?
A Muslim is a follower of the religion of Islam.
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8. What is the definitionof “Christian”?
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8. What is the definitionof “Christian”?
A Christian is a follower of the religion of Christianity.
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8. What is the definitionof “Jew”?
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8. What is the definitionof “Jew”?
People who practice Judaism arecalled Jews, but Jew is alsoconsidered an ethnic term forpeople descended from Jews evenif they no longer practice Judaism,such as “secular Jews.”
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10. All Israelis are Jews.
True False
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10. All Israelis are Jews.
True False
Although Israel was established tobe a haven for Jews from aroundthe world and more than 5 millionJews live in Israel, there are morethan a million Muslims in Israel aswell as over 300,000 Israelis who
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11. What nation in theworld has the largestJewish population?
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11. What nation in theworld has the largestJewish population?
The United States: 5.7 million
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World Distribution of Jews
U.S.: 5.7 million
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Canada: 364,000
Israel: 5.03 million
France: 519,000
UK: 273,500
Russia: 265,000
Argentina: 195,000
Germany: 103,000
Ukraine: 100,000
Australia: 99,000
Brazil: 97,300
South Africa: 78,000
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12. What nation in theworld has the largestChristian population?
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12. What nation in theworld has the largestChristian population?
The United States: 224 million
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World Distribution of Christians
CIA The World Factbook 2004
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13. What nation in theworld has the largestMuslim population?
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13. What nation in theworld has the largestMuslim population?
Indonesia: 180 million
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14. Most Muslims live in theMiddle East.
True False
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14. Most Muslims live in theMiddle East.
True False
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The Muslim WorldThere are 55 members of the Organization of Islamic Countries..
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Most Arabs are Muslim but most Muslims are not Arab
Indonesia: 181 million Muslims
Pakistan: 142 million Muslims
Bangladesh: 110 million Muslims
India: 124 million Muslims
Turkey: 65 million Muslims
Iran: 65 million Muslims
Nigeria: 63 million Muslims
Egypt: 53 million Muslims
China: 38 million Muslims
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15. All Middle East nations have aMuslim majority.
True False
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15. All Middle East nations have aMuslim majority.
True False
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Non-MuslimMajority Countriesin the Middle East
MajorityMuslim
Countries inthe Middle East
Shown inWhite with
Name
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16. All Middle East nations have aArab majority.
True False
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16. All Middle East nations have aArab majority.
True False
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Non-ArabMajority Countries
MajorityMuslimCountriesShown inWhite withName
BlackAfrican
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17. What is the largest ethnicgroup in the Middle East
without a state of its own?
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17. What is the largest ethnicgroup in the Middle East
without a state of its own?
Kurds
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Sizable Kurdish Populations
Turkey: 20% - 14 million
Iraq: 15-20% - 3.9 - 5.2 million
Iran: 7% - 4.76 million
Syria: 9.7% (w/ Armenians) - 1.8 million
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