"What is the religion of that people?"

Translation: Quelle est la religion de ce peuple ?

[W-Ruggles-Wolfe]

Pourquoi pas: "Quelle est la religion de ces gens ?"

[Sitesurf]

"Un peuple" and "des gens" are different notions. In this sentence, "that people" refers to a group of individuals sharing a territory, customs, and possibly race (think of a tribe).

"These/those people" as an undefined group of individuals is "ces gens" or "ces personnes".

[W-Ruggles-Wolfe]

Ah. I had missed that subtext. Thank you.

[marc622892]

Was offered the flashcards to construct "quelle est la foi de ce peuple" (as well as "religion"). In my community the two words could be interchangeable. Should this be a valid answer and if not, why not?