Social Studies Chapter 10 Section 2

Question 1

Abu Bakr

Answer 1

Muhammad’s father-in-law and an early convert to Islam, he became the first caliph

Question 2

caliph

Answer 2

A successor to Muhammad

Question 3

Sunni

Answer 3

A subgroup of Muslims who believe that any good Muslim can lead the community.

Question 4

Shiite

Answer 4

A subgroup of Muslims who believe that the true successors to Muhammad are the descendants of Ali and Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima.

Question 5

Sufis

Answer 5

Muslim mystics who seek communion with God through meditation, fasting, and other rituals.

Question 6

Umayyad

Answer 6

A dynasty of Sunni caliphs that ruled the Muslim empire until 750 A.D. from their capital at Damascus in Syria.

Question 7

Abbasid

Answer 7

Muslim dynasty that tried to create an empire based on the equality of all Muslims. They moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad.

Question 8

Baghdad

Answer 8

the new Muslim capital

Question 9

Minarets

Answer 9

Slender towers of mosques from which muezzins climb five times each day to call the faithful to prayer.

Question 10

Sultan

Answer 10

Name for a Turkish ruler

Question 11

What did Muhammad fail to do before he passed What did Muhammad fail to do before he passed away?

Answer 11

He did not name a successor.

Question 12

Which two empires were weakened by Arab Muslims under the first four caliphs?

Answer 12

The Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire

Question 13

Most Muslims today follow which type of Islam?

Answer 13

Sunni Islam

Question 14

what is the oldest surviving Islamic building, the place from which Muhammad ascended to heaven.

Answer 14

The Dome of the Rock