WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following represents an ethnic group?
A
Kurds, Arabs, and Muslims
B
Muslims, Christians, and Jews
C
Christians, Jews, and Persians,
D
Persians, Arabs, and Kurds
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How do Persians and Kurds differ from Arabs? Although they share the religion of Islam, their cultures and languages are different from those of Arabs. Arab culture did not take hold in countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Iran and the Central Asian Republics.

Detailed explanation-2: -The largest socioethnic groups in the region are Arabs, Turks, Persians, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis but there are dozens of other ethnic groups which have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of members.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Kurds all speak an Indo-European language. In this way, the Kurdish ethnic groups shares a linguistic identity with most of the people of Europe, Iran, and Northern India. Most Kurds are Muslims; however, a minority belong to the Yazidi faith.

Detailed explanation-4: -It includes a diverse set of ethnic groups, the largest of which are Arabs, with over 60 percent of the Middle Eastern population. Other major groups include Persians (who make up over half of Iran’s population), Turks (Turkish people), and Kurds.

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