Chapter 25 Flashcards

335670922	Zulu	A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united beginning in 1818	0
335670923	Sokoto Caliphate	large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria	1
335670924	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
335670925	Muhammad Ali	Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state	3
335670926	legitimate trade	Exports from Africa in the nineteenth century that did not include the newly outlawed slave trade	4
335670927	recaptives	Africans rescued by Britain's Royal Navy from the illegal slave trade of the nineteenth century and restored to free status	5
335670928	nawab	A Muslim prince allied to British India; technically, a semi-autonomous deputy of the Mughal emperor	6
335670929	sepoy	An Indian soldier serving under British command	7
335670930	British raj	The rule over much of South Asia between 1765 and 1947 by the East India Company and then by a British government	8
335670931	Sepoy Rebellion	The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; also known as the Sepoy Mutiny	9
335670932	durbar	An elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century, ostensibly in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire	10
335670933	Indian Civil Service	The elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men, it gradually added qualified Indians	11
335670934	Indian National Congress	A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor	12
335670935	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
335670936	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