Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around 5 million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside of modern Armenia. The largest Armenian populations today exist in Russia, the United States, France, Georgia, Iran, Ukraine, Lebanon, and Syria. With the exceptions of Iran and the former Soviet states, the present-day Armenian diaspora was formed mainly as a result of the Armenian Genocide.

Historically, the name Armenian has come to internationally designate this group of people. It was first used by neighbouring countries of ancient Armenia. The earliest attestations of the exonym Armenia date around the 6th century BC. In his trilingual Behistun Inscription dated to 517 BC, Darius I the Great of Persia refers to Urashtu (in Babylonian) as Armina (in Old Persian; Armina ( ) and Harminuya (in Elamite). In Greek, "Armenians" is attested from about the same time, perhaps the earliest reference being a fragment attributed to Hecataeus of Miletus (476 BC). Xenophon, a Greek general serving in some of the Persian expeditions, describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality in around 401 BC. He relates that the people spoke a language that to his ear sounded like the language of the Persians.

1. Who was the first to use the term Armenians?
2. How many people were affected by the disapora?
3. Where do they live now?
4. When did Darius 1 the Great describe them?
5. What are some alternative names for this group?
6. What was Xenophon's job?
7. Where did he serve?
8. What did he describe?
9. What did he think that the Armenian language sounded like?
10. What caused the diaspora?
11. Which nations weren't affected?
1. neighbouring countries of ancient Armenia.
2. unknown
3. in Russia, the United States, France, Georgia, Iran, Ukraine, Lebanon, and Syria
4. in 517 BC
5. unknown
6. a Greek general
7. in some of the Persian expeditions,
8. many aspects of Armenian village life .
9. the language of the Persians.
10. the Armenian Genocide.
11. Iran and the former Soviet states