AP World History Chapter 26 terms Flashcards
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| 332239568 | Sultan Selim III | Ottoman sultan (1789-1807) who increased forced Janissary power which eventually lead to his dethroning and murder (by the Janissaries) | 0 | |
| 332239569 | Mahmud II | raised a small army (outside of the Janissaries), est. Tanzimat Reforms, incites rebellion in 1826 killing all the Janissaries | 1 | |
| 332239570 | Balkans | region where all nations became independent by the late 1870's | 2 | |
| 332239571 | slavics | ethnic people of the Balkans | 3 | |
| 332239572 | Abdul Hamid | despotic ruler who nullified the constitution, ended the Tanzimat Reforms, and decreased Westernization | 4 | |
| 332239573 | Young Turks (or Ottomoan Society for Union and Progress) | led a backlash (with help of Arab states) in 1908 against Abdul Hamid's absolute rule | 5 | |
| 332239574 | Tanzimat Reforms | reforms that encouraged Westernization, decreased/removed tarriffs for Great Britain, decreased artisan status, and left women's power stagnant | 6 | |
| 332239575 | Muhammad Ali | became the leader of Egypt and hired French military officials to train/advise his troops | 7 | |
| 332239576 | khedives | successors (most of whom were poor leaders) that became the new ruling class of Egypt until 1952 | 8 | |
| 332239577 | Suez Canal | man-made canal controlled by the British that connected the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea | 9 | |
| 332239578 | al-Afghani (and also Muhammad Abduh) | liberal thinker who wanted to continue European influence/knowledge | 10 | |
| 332239579 | Muhammad Achmad | staged a revolt (jihad) against Britain/Egypt | 11 | |
| 332239580 | Khalifa Abdallahi | successor of Achmad who continued the revolt against Britain/Egypt | 12 | |
| 332239581 | General Kitchener | British general sent in to defeat the Mahdist movement | 13 | |
| 332239582 | Nurhaci | Manchu leader who created secret armies and seized leadership opportunities in Northern China | 14 | |
| 332239583 | banner armies | secret armies created by Nurhaci | 15 | |
| 332239584 | Kangxhi | codified ancient Chinese learning (created encyclopedias to recompile ancient learning) | 16 | |
| 332239585 | compradors | Chinese merchants | 17 | |
| 332239586 | Taiping Rebellion | backlash led by Hong Xiuquan (with the peasants) against the landlord elites in China | 18 | |
| 332239587 | Lin Zexu | Chinese government official sent to close/destroy British factories in attempts to stop Opium trade | 19 | |
| 332239588 | Treaty of Nanking | granted Hong Kong to Great Britain | 20 | |
| 332239589 | Treaty of Tien-tsin | document that legalized Opium | 21 | |
| 332239590 | Boxer Rebellion | rebellion influenced by anti-Westernization and the opposition of European Imperialism in China | 22 | |
| 332239591 | Empress Cixi | regent of China who was against Westernization and supported the Boxer Rebellion | 23 | |
| 332239592 | Sun Yat-sen | leader that established a republic in China (1912) | 24 |