Transcript Ch 26 Ottoman Empire and Qing China in Turmoil Jeopardy

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Civilizations in Crisis The Ottoman Empire, Egypt and
the Qing Empire
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The Ottoman Empire
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Who was Selim III?
He was the Ottoman sultan who attempted to
improve administrative efficiency and build a
modern navy and army, and for his efforts was
assassinated by Janissaries .
Who was the Mahdi or Muhammad Achmad?
He was the Sudanese Sufi leader who
defeated and killed General Gordon at
Khartoum and established the country of
Sudan.
Who was Abdul Hamid?
He was the Ottoman sultan who attempted to
turn back the clock to absolute rule, and
nullified the constitution of 1876 and restricted
civil liberties.
Who were the Young Turks?
They were the members of the Ottoman Society
for Union and Progress who gained power
through a political coup in 1908.
What were the Tanzimat Reforms?
These were the reforms instituted in the
Ottoman Empire between 1836 and 1879
including a European type Constitution.
Who were al- Afghani and Muhammad Abduh?
These were the two Egyptian intellectuals who
stressed using western scientific thinking to
modernize Islamic education and thinking in
the 19th century.
Who was Murad (1790 -1820) ?
He was head of the coalition of Mamluk rulers
who opposed the invasion of Napoleon and
was soundly defeated at the Battle of the
Pyramids in 1798.
Who was Muhammad Ali? “Float like a butterfly and
oh my I am in debt”
He is considered to be the
Father of Modern Egypt, but
ran up debts to the west and
died in 1848.
Who were the Mamluks?
These were the Muslim slave
warriors who established a
dynasty in Egypt and were
defeated by Napoleon in
1798.
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Who was Nurhaci?
He was the Manchu leader of
the 17th century who
defeated the Chinese Ming
and established the Qing
Dynasty.
What were the Opium Wars?
These were the series of
Wars fought by the British
against the Chinese to end a
trade imbalance and force
the Chinese to buy an
addictive drug.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
This was the Chinese
rebellion to expel foreigners
from 1898 until 1901 and
was led by the Society of
Righteous Harmonious Fists
and hence the name.
Who was Lin Zexu?
He was the 19th century Chinese
bureaucrat charged with ending the
Opium trade because it was hurting
Chinese society.
Who was Kangxi?
He was the Qing ruler and
Confucian scholar who
advocated the Sinification or
(making the Manchus more
Chinese ).
Who were the Compradors?
This was the wealthy group of merchants under
the Qing Dynasty and specialized in the import
and export of Chinese trade on China's
southern coast.
What was Hong Kong ( Two systems ,
one country) ?
This was the island port city taken
in the Opium wars by the British
and returned to China with much
trepidation in 1997.
What was the Taiping Rebellion ?
This was the massive rebellion in
southern China in the 1850s and
1860s led by Hong Xiuquan a
mentally unbalanced Christian
teacher and missionary.
Who were the Khedives ?
This was the name given to the descendants of
Muhammad Ali in Egypt until 1952.
What was the Suez canal and the pathway
to India and the “ Jewel in the Crown”?
This is the reason Egypt was so important to the
British.
Who was Puyi not Pi Yu ?
He was the last Emperor of the
Qing Empire and featured in a
film by that same name.
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What were Banner Armies?
This was the name given to the eight
armies of the Manchus identified by
the flags that they flew and utilized
to defeat the Ming Dynasty.
What was the Shandong Peninsula?
This was the Chinese
Peninsula that devastated by
floods and the loss of arable
farmland due to neglect and
political corruption.
What was the Battle of Omdurman?
This was the battle where the British forces led
by General Kitchener defeated and slaughtered
the forces of the Mahdi and his successor
Khalifa Abdallahi.
What was cotton?
This was the single cash crop that Egypt became
dependent on and fueled many of the
campaigns against the Sudan led by Isma'il
Pasha .
Who was Sun Yat-Sen ?
He was the first President of the Republic of
China.
Who was Zeng Guofan?
He was the Chinese official and bureaucrat
who raised an effective military force to fend
off the Taiping Rebellion.
What was the city of Canton?
This was the Chinese port
city located on the Pearl
River and known as
Guangzhou and opened to
European traders.
Who was Mahmud II?
He was the 19th Ottoman Sultan who built a
private army that defeated the Janissaries and
initiated western reforms.
Who was Cixi?
She was the conservative dowager or Queen
mother who dominated the last decades of the
Qing Dynasty.
What was the Chinese self-strengthening
movement?
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This was the late 19 century movement in
China to counter western ideology and
technology and led by provincial leaders.