Chapter 26- AP World History Flashcards
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| 252820069 | Mehmed II | a conqueror who defeats the Byzantine Empire and attacks Constantinople | 0 | |
| 252820070 | janissaries | soldiers who were drafted from Eastern Europe | 1 | |
| 252820071 | vizer | second in command and ran day to day operations | 2 | |
| 252820072 | ayan | land owners in the Ottoman Empire who overtaxed the peasantry | 3 | |
| 252820073 | Crimean War | war in 1857 when the Russians and Austria wanted part of Ottoman territory. It ends in a tie. | 4 | |
| 252820074 | Mahmud II | he trained a secret army and murders the janissaries. He exchanged ambassadors with Europe which brings European ideas to the Ottoman Empire. | 5 | |
| 252820075 | Tanzimat Reforms | An Ottoman reform. Brings western education, postal and railway services, a new constitution is formed and the economy improves. | 6 | |
| 252820076 | Sultan Hamid | a conservative who got rid of the constitution and restricted liberties | 7 | |
| 252820077 | Young Turk Movement | organization that supported liberal ideas and helped spread the ideas of nationalism. This leads to the overthrow of the sultan in 1906. | 8 | |
| 252820078 | mamluk | army that slaves serve the sultan and is lead by Muad. | 9 | |
| 252820079 | Muhammad Ali | took over Egypt after the French invasion. He improves Egypt with a better military, invades Syria, and improves the economy. | 10 | |
| 252820080 | Khedives | political successors of Muhammad Ali | 11 | |
| 252820081 | Suez Canal | A man made canal that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It helps the trip from the Middle East be cut. Also it is controlled by the British after it is built. | 12 | |
| 257898027 | al-Afghani | liberal thinker who wanted to borrow ideas from the west and build on them. | 13 | |
| 257898028 | Muhammad Achmad | began a jihad against the British and the Egyptians and used guerilla warfare | 14 | |
| 257898029 | Nurhaci | manchu leader who attacked China | 15 | |
| 257898030 | filial piety | respect for your elders | 16 | |
| 257898031 | compradors | Chinese merchants | 17 | |
| 259802247 | Commissioner Lin | government official who tried to stop Opium trade | 18 | |
| 259802248 | Opium War | war between the British and the Chinese over opium being traded in China. Britain won. | 19 | |
| 259802249 | Treaty of Nanking | Britain got Hong Kong and China was more open to European trade. | 20 | |
| 259802250 | Taiping Rebellion | 1850 led by Hong Xiuquan. It gave universal education, land for peasants and rights for women. | 21 | |
| 259802251 | Boxer Rebellion | 1898-1901 revolt led by students and military officials against the Europeans | 22 | |
| 259802252 | Sun Yat-Sen | the emperor at the end of the Qing who set up a republic | 23 | |
| 259802253 | Balkans | people from Greece and surrounding areas | 24 | |
| 259802254 | Ulama | orthodox religious scholars within Islam | 25 | |
| 259802255 | Murad | destroyed Mamluk government in Egypt and opposed Napoleonic invasion in Egypt | 26 | |
| 259802256 | Selim III | built hospitals, gardens and palaces during the Ottoman Empire | 27 | |
| 259802257 | Khalifa Abdallahi | succeed Muhammad Achmad and established state in Sudan | 28 | |
| 259802258 | Empress Cixi | wealthy and grew fingernails long; when she dies the Qing Empire falls apart | 29 | |
| 259802259 | Self-Strenghtening Movement | During the late Qing Dynasty where the Chinese attempted at many reforms | 30 |