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Middle East Cultures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Within ethnic groups, what things do people share? | Common charicteristics like physical features, beliefs, traditions, etc. |
| What are the three main middle east religions? | Christianity, Judaism, Islam. |
| What are the three main middle east ethnic groups? | Persians, Arabs, and Kurds. |
| What is the main religion of Persians? | Shi'ite Islam |
| What are the main differences between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? | Christians believe Jesus was the son of God or was God himself. Jews believe the messiah is still to come. Muslims believe Muhhamad was the last prophet. |
| What is the holy book for Christianity? | The Bible |
| What is the holy book for Judaism? | The Torah |
| What is the holy book for Islam? | The Qur'ran |
| What is the main religion of Arabs? | Sunni Islam |
| What is the main religion of Kurds? | Sunni Islam |
| What is the place of worship for muslims? | Mosque |
| What is the place of worship for jews? | Synagouge |
| What is the place of worship for christians? | Church or Mass or Temple (depending on the type of Christianity) |
| When someone believes in Islam, what are they called? | Muslim |
| When someone believes in Judaism, what are they called? | Jew |
| When someone believes in Christianity, what are they called? | Christian |
| Why did Jesus have trouble with Roman officials and Jewish leaders? | They feared Christianity was spreading too much and was becoming a threat to their power. |
| Why was Christianity eventually accepted in Rome? | In AD 313, Constantine made Christianity Rome's official religeon. He did this because he feared Christianity was becoming too powerful and becaouse he had a dream of the cross. |
| What do the three main faiths have in common? | They are monotheistic and Abrahamic. |
| What is the Ka'aba to Muslims? | The most sacred spot. It is a building with hundereds of idols. |
| How did Islam spread so quickly after Muhammad's death? | Muslims conquered empires and converted them to Islam. |
| What are the five pillars of Islam? | Muslims try to follow these directives to lead a good Islam life. |
| Who are "the people of the book"? | Jews and Christians |
| Who were the four rightly guided Caliphs? | Four men that had been Muhammad's close friends and that had been tought by him. They were the first four Caliphs. |
| Why was there a split between Muslims, creating the Sunni and Shi'ite sects? | The Shi'ites wanted a relation of Muhammad to be his succesor, while the Sunnis wanted Mahammad's succesor to be any good Muslim. |
| What is Saudi Arabia's main ethnic group? | Arabs |
| What is Iran's main ethnic group? | Persians |
| What is Iraq's main ethnic group? | Arabs |
| What is Isreal's main etthnic group? | Jewish |
| What holy site is important to all three main religions? | Jerusulum and Isreal |
| What is a Theocracy? | a government run by a religious leader |
| What is polytheism? | a religion beliving in more than one God |
| What are Kurds? | An ethnic group residing in the mountanous regions of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. |
| What is monothiesm? | A religion believing in only one God |
| What is a sect? | a section of a religion |
| What is a messiah? | a savior |
| Who was Muhammahd? | The founder of Islam |
| Who is Allah? | The name for the Islamic God |
| Who was Abraham? | The founder of Judaism |
| What is the Trinity? | The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Christian) |
| What are Armenians? | An ethnic group on Turkey |
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