media constructions of the middle east
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Media Constructions of the Middle East. PowerPoint Slide Show, Unit 1, Lesson 3 Exploring Terms. 1. Circle the groups that live in the Middle East:. Arabs Armenians Kurds Persians Jews Turks. Majority Arab Populations. CIA The World Factbook 2012. Significant Armenian Populations. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Media Constructions
of the Middle East
PowerPoint Slide Show, Unit 1, Lesson 3
Exploring Terms
1. Circle the groups that live in the Middle East:
Arabs
Armenians
Kurds
Persians
Jews
Turks
Majority Arab Populations
CIA The World Factbook 2012
Significant Armenian Populations
Armenia: 97.9% - 2.7 million
Azerbaijan: 2% - 160,000Georgia: 5.7% - 248,000
Syria: 9.7% (w/Kurds) -1.8 million
CIA The World Factbook 2013
Armenian Diaspora.com, 2013
Significant Kurdish Populations
CIA The World Factbook 2013
Turkey: 18% - 14 million
Iraq: 15-20% - 4.7 – 6.2 million
Iran: 10% - 7.9 million
Syria: 9.7% (w/ Armenians) – 2.2 million
Iran: 61% - 48 million
CIA The World Factbook 2013
Significant Persian Populations
Significant Jewish Populations
Israel: 80.1% - 5.8 million
CIA The World Factbook 2013
Significant Turkish Populations
Turkey: 70-75% - 55.8 – 59.8 million
Cyprus: 18% - 150,000
Bulgaria: 8% - 560,000
CIA The World Factbook 2013
2. Arabs are…
A) A religious group
B) A language group
C) A national group
D) An ethnic group D) Yes. Ethnicity is defined by religion, language, nationality or culture, therefore Arabs ARE an ethnic group.
A) No. Arabs are NOT a religious group although MOST Arabs are Muslims, there are Christian and even Jewish Arabs.
B) Yes and No. Although the Arabic language is a core and defining aspect of Arab culture, some Arabs, particularly immigrants of non-Arab nations such as the United States, do not speak Arabic.
C) No. There are 22 different nations with majority Arab populations, therefore Arab does not suggest one particular nation.
3. All Arabs are Muslims.
True False
4. All Arabs speak Arabic.
True False
5. All Arabs live in the Middle East.
True False
6. Circle the religions that originated in the Middle East:
Bahai
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Southeast Asia World Religion Origins
CIA The World Factbook 2004
7. What is the definitionof “Muslim”?
A Muslim is a follower of the religion of Islam.
8. What is the definitionof “Christian”?
A Christian is a follower of the religion of Christianity.
9. What is the definitionof “Jew”?
People who practice Judaism are called Jews, but Jew is also considered an ethnic term for people descended from Jews even if they no longer practice Judaism, such as “secular Jews.”
10. All Israelis are Jews.
True False
Although Israel was established to be a haven for Jews from around the world and more than 5
million Jews live in Israel, there are more than a million Muslims in Israel as well nearly 300,000
Israelis who are Christian, Bahai or Hindu.
“Population by Religion.” Statistical Abstract of Israel.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 2012.
11. What nation in the world has the largest Jewish population?
Israel: 5.7 million (in the 2000s, the United States had the largest Jewish population)
World Jewish Population, 2010Published by the North American Jewish Data Bank
World Distribution of Jews
World Jewish Population, 2010Published by the North American Jewish Data Bank
US: 5,275,000Canada: 375,000
Argentina: 182,300Brazil: 95,000
Russia: 205,000
France: 483,500UK: 292,000
Israel: 5,703,700
12. What nation in the world has the largest Christian population?
The United States: 247 million
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public LifeGlobal Christianity, December 2011
World Distribution of Christians
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public LifeGlobal Christianity, December 2011
Percent of Christians by Region,
13. What nation in the world has the largest Muslim population?
Indonesia: 202 million
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public LifeMapping the Global Muslim Population, October 2009
14. Most Muslims live in the Middle East.
True False
Most Arabs are Muslim, but most Muslims are not Arab
15. All Middle East nations have a Muslim majority.
True False
Non-Muslim Majority Countries in the Middle East
CIA The World Factbook 2004
16. All Middle East nations have a Arab majority.
True False
Non-Arab Majority Countries
CIA The World Factbook 2004
Black
17. What is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East
without a state of its own?
Kurds
Significant Kurdish Populations
Turkey: 18% - 14 million
Iraq: 15-20% - 4.7 – 6.2 million
Iran: 10% - 7.9 million
Syria: 9.7% (w/ Armenians) – 2.2 million
CIA The World Factbook 2013