AP world history

Gun powder horn

A container used by soldiers to hold gun powder and prevent it from getting wet.

Pre-Measured gun powder packs

Packets that hold the right amount of gun powder along with the bullet, rubbed with oil to repel water.

Raj

A period of rule or sovereignty.

Suez Canal

A man-made waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

Crimean War

A conflict fought from 1853 to 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia.

British East India Company

A trading company that played a significant role in the British colonization of India.

Sepoy

Indian soldiers in the service of the British East India Company.

Uprising of 1857

A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising against the British East India Company's rule in India.

Indian National Congress

A political party in India founded in 1885, which played a key role in the Indian independence movement.

Scramble for Africa

The rapid invasion, colonization, and annexation of African territory by European powers during the late 19th century.

Berlin Conference 1885

A meeting where European nations negotiated and formalized their territorial claims in Africa.

Imperial decline

The process by which empires lose their power and territory.

Militant defensive wars

Wars fought to defend a state's sovereignty against colonial or imperial incursions.

Treaty of Versailles

The peace treaty that ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.

Cold War

A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II.