Question

An ethnic group is a group of people who share a common belief system, but are not necessarily composed of a single religious group.
Question 5 options:
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Answer 1

This answer is true.

An ethnic group is a category of people that identify with each other based on similarities such as: common ancestry, language, history, society or culture.

Some ethnic groups can be ethno-religious, meaning that its members are also united by a common religion. Some examples of an ethno-religious groups are: the Jews, the Yazidis or the Amish.

An ethnic group can be composed of many religious groups. Some examples of such ethnic groups are the Kurds (both Shias and Sunni ) or the Mapuche people in Chile (catholic Mapuche as well as Animist Mapuche groups).