The student will describe the diverse cultures of the people wo love in Southwest Asia
A. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group. An ethic group shares comman culture and chacteristics and a religous group shrae comman belifs or belif in the same god or gods. b. Explain the diversity of religions within the Arabs, Persians, and Kurds. The Arabs the persians and the Kurd are all Muslim but some are Shi'a and Sunni they disagree who should lead. They dress diffrently and belif different also. c. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East): Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. There is more Islam in South West Asia and few Judaism and Christanity. Judaism is found in Israel. They are diffrent because they belif in different things. d. Explain the reason for the division between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The sunni and the shia disagree of who should lead the religion. e. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living. Government/Civics Understanding. The litercy rate effetcs the standard of living because if the litercy rate is low the standard of living is low also.