AP World History Ch. 24 – Flashcards
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Muhammad Ali
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Egyptian leader who modernized in 1800s. Ruled Egypt as Ottoman governor, but had imperial ideas. Descendants ruled Egypt until 1952. (1769-1849).
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Janissaries
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Originally slave infantry that used Firearms and were the main Ottoman army force. Abolished in 1826.
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Serbia
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Ottoman province in Balkans that resisted Janissaries in early 19th century. Post-WWII central Yugoslovia. Leaders tried to maintain control until dissipation in 1990s.
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Tanzimat
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Reforms of Ottoman rulers in 19th century. Separated civil law from religious power. Military & bureaucracy became more efficient.
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Crimean War
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War between Russia & Ottoman Empire on the Crimean Peninsula. British and French troops supported Ottomans to slow Russian expansion. (1853-1856).
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Extraterritoriality
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Rights of Foreign residents in a country to disobey local laws and follow their native laws. European & American citizens in China/Ottoman were granted this in 19th & 20th Century.
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Young Ottomans
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Young intellectual movement for liberal reforms & creation of a Ottoman national identity in the years after 1850.
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Slavophile
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Russian intellectuals in early 1800s who resisted western influence and were proud of traditional values and traditions of the Slavic people.
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Pan-Slavism
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Movement of Russian intellectuals in mid/late 1800s who identified themselves with the Slavic people of Eastern Europe.
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Decembrist Revolt
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Attempt to take control government after Tsar Alexander I died in 1825.
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Opium War
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War between Britain and Qing Empire that was caused by Qing refusal to allow importation of Opium. Britain won and created Treaty of Nanking.
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Bannermen
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Hereditary military servants in Qing Empire. Usually descendants of the founders of the Empire.
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Treaty of Nanking
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Treaty at the end of the Opium War. Britain got money from Qing, Qing also lost ability for some tariffs. Ports also opened in Briton & Hong Kong given to British. (1842).
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Treaty Ports
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Cities opened to foreign residents as a result of forced treaties between Qing & other governments. Foreigners usually got extraterritoriality.
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Most-Favored-Nation Status
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Clause in commercial treaties that awards later signatories to all privileges given to the original signatories.
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Taiping Rebellion
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Most destructive civil war before 1900. Christian influenced rural rebellion almost destroyed Qing empire. (1851-1864).
