Chapter 24 AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750-1870

154875225	Zulu	A people of Modern South Africa whom King Shaka united in 1818.	0
154875226	Sokoto Caliphate	A large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria.	1
154875227	Modernization	The process of reforming political, military, economic, social, and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies, often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-western societies.	2
154875228	Muhammad Ali	leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. he ruled Egypt as an ottoman governor, but had imperial ambitions. his descendants ruled egypt until overthrown in 1952.	3
154875229	"Legitamate" trade	exports from africa in the nineteenth century that did not include the newly outlawed slave trade.	4
154875230	Recaptives	Africans rescued by Britain's royal navy from the illegal slave trade of the nineteenth century and restored to free status.	5
154875231	Nawab	A Muslim prince allied to British India, technologically, a semi-autonomous deputy of the Mughal empire.	6
154875232	Sepoy	A solider in south Asia, especially in the service of the British.	7
154875233	British Raj	The rule over much of South Asia between1765 and 1947by the East India Company and them by a British government.	8
154875234	Sepoy Rebellion	the revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs, also known as the Sepoy mutiny.	9
154875235	Durbar	An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British Indian the nineteenth century, ostensibly in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire.	10
154875236	Indian Civil Service	The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Original composed exclusively of well-educated British men, it gradually added qualified Indians.	11
154875237	Indian National Congress	A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. It's membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, it appealed increasingly to the poor, and it organized mass protests demanding self-government and independence.	12
154875238	Clipper Ship	Large, fast, streamlined sailing vessel, often American built, of the mid-to-late nineteenth century rigged with vast canvas sails hung from tall masts.	13
154875239	Contract of Indenture	A voluntary agreement binding a person to work for a specified period of years in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most indentured servants were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.	14