Napolean - Modern World History

balance of power

a political sistuation in which no 1 nation is powerful enough to post a threat to other nations

blockade

the use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering/leaving a city or region

concordat

a formal agreement — especially between a pope and a gov’t, dealing with the control of church affairs

coup d’état

a sudden seizure of political power in a nation

guerrilla

a member of a loosley organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying their country

legitimacy

the hereditary right of a monarch to rule

lycée

gov’t run, public school in France

plebiscite

a direct vote in which a country’s people have the opprotunity to approve/reject a propsal

scorched-earth policy

the practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so the enemy can’t live off the land