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SS7G8-Culture
Question | Answer |
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a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs | ethnic group |
shares a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals | religious group |
descendants of Abraham through his son Ishmael | Arabs |
Most practice the religion of Islam and call themselves Muslims | Arabs |
Many practice Christianity | Arabs |
Speaks Arabic language | Arabs |
Live in Southwest Asia | Arabs |
Live in modern day Iran | Persians |
Ancestors were Indo-Europeans from Central Europe and Southern Russia | Persians |
Speaks Farsi language | Persians |
Practice Islam but belong to the Shia group of Muslims | Persians |
Most found in mountainous areas of Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq | Kurds |
Speak Kurdish | Kurds |
Hope to have their own nation | Kurds |
Most belong to Sunni Muslim | Kurds |