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Core 7 Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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caliph | The title given to successors of Muhammad chosen to lead Islam |
Shi'a or Shiites | Muslim group that protested the Umayyads' run and believed the caliph should always be a relative of the Prophet Muhammad |
Sunni | The name given to Muslims who did not resist the Umayyads' rule and accepted the elected caliphs |
Abu Bakr | The first claiph to lead Islam after Muhammad's death |
"rightly guided" | The term for the caliphs who used the Qur'an and Muhammad's actions to guide them in their rule |
Syria and lower Egypt | Regions conquered by the second elected caliph, Umar |
Umayyads | The family that seized power over the Islamic world and set up a hereditary dynasty around AD 660 |
Damascus | The Umayyads moved the Muslim capital from Median to this city, upsetting many Muslims, who felt it was too far away |
Ali | The last elected caliph who was assassinated in 661 |
Shities | Memebers of the Shi'a group |