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Chapter 15, 25, 30: Muslim World
review for Muslim World
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History
9th Grade
10/05/2011

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janissaries
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*converted to Islam
*trained as foot soldiers or administrators
*served the sultan
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pashas
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*appointed/selected officials in Ottoman empire
*collected taxes
*maintained law and order
*directly responsible to sultan's court
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ulema
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*group of Ottoman religious advisers
*controlled legal and educational systems
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gunpowder empires
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*made by outside conquerors
*unified conquered regions
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Sinan
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greatest Ottoman architect
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Balfour Declaration
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*November 1917
*British document
*make Palestine home of the Jews
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Mohandas Gandhi
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*nonviolent protest
*protested British laws
*civil disobedience:refuse to obey laws considered to be unjust
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ethnic cleansing
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*genocide
*elimination of unwanted ethnic groups by genocide or forced emigration
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Reza Shah Pahlavi
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created modern state of Iran in 1935
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Camp David Accords
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*peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
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intifada
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uprising
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Iran
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held 52 Americans hostage for over a year
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Iran and Iraq
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increased conflicts due disputes over territory
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Islamic revivalism
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movement to reassert Muslim identity and values
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