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AP World History Ch 26 Reading Study Guide #1 P. 603-612
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· Ayan
· Selim III
· Mahmud II
· Tanzimat Reforms
· Abdul Hamid
· Ottoman Society for Union and Progress
· Murad
· Muhammad Ali
· Khedives
· Suez Canal
· Jama al-Din al-Afghani
· Muhammad Abdulh
· Ahmad Arabi
· Khartoum
· Mahdi
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1. From what groups in Chinese society did the founder of the Taiping Rebellion draw his followers? Pg. 602
2. Even though they were not colonized by European powers, why did both China and the Ottoman Empire go into decline in the 1800s? Pg. 603
3. Which groups rivaled each other for power within the Ottoman government? Pg. 603
(Timeline Pg. 604)
4. What were the years of Muhammad Ali’s reign in Egypt? ______
5. What were the years of the Opium War in China? ______
6. What were the Years of the Crimean War? ______
7. When did the Suez Canal open? ______
8. When did the British invade, occupy and begin to control Egypt? ______
9. When did the Young Turks seize power in Istanbul? ______
10. How did European commerce undermine the Ottoman economy? Pg. 603
11. Which Russian leader began take territory from the Ottoman Empire around the Black Sea? Why? Pg. 604
12. When did the Greeks break away from Ottoman rule? Pg. 604
13. Why did the Brits choose to ‘prop up’ the tottering Ottoman Empire through the 19th Century? Pg. 605
14. What were Sultan Selim III’s reform efforts? Pg. 605
15. What were Sultan Mahmud II’s reform efforts? Pg. 605
16. What were the key features of the Tanzimat Reforms? Pg. 605
17. In what ways did Sultan Abdul Hamid continue Westernization? In what ways did he stifle it? Pg. 606
18. Who were the Young Turks? What did they want? Ottoman Society of Union and Progress Pg. 606
19. Who became the Post WWI leader of the Young Turks, leading the foundation of modern Turkey? Picture Pg. 606
20. Why did the Young Turks keep the office of Sultan? Why did they keep the Empire? Pg. 607
(Thinking Historically: Western Dominance and the Decline of Civilizations. Pg. 608)
21. Why do you think it was so rare for one preindustrial civilization to conquer another? (Reading, Pg. 608)
22. How did nomadic invasions/migrations factor into the fall of ancient empires? (Reading, Pg. 608)
23. Why was Napoleon’s brief invasion of Egypt in 1798 such a shock to the Muslim world? Pg. 607
24. What was the general attitude of the Mamluks (and most Muslim rulers) toward Napoleon and other European powers, adventurer, etc.? Pg. 608
25. What was the outcome of the Battle of the Pyramids? (Figure 26.4)
26. Why was Napoleon forced to leave? Pg. 608
27. How & why did Muhammad Ali seize power? What were his reforms? Pg. 608
28. Who were the khedives? Pg. 609
29. What is/was the importance of the Suez Canal? Pg. 610
30. How did the Suez Canal and Ahmad Orabi’s revolt lead to European control of Egypt in 1882? Pg. 611-612
31. Describe Egyptian efforts to conquer and rule the Sedan. Pg. 611-612
32. Describe Egyptian rule over this conquered area. Pg. 612
33. What were the circumstances surrounding the Mahdist Revolt? Pg. 612
34. Describe life in the Mahdist state. Pg. 612
35. How was this revolt put down? Pg. 612
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