The Muslim World
The Muslim world stretched from North Africa in the west to ___________in the east
India
The Suez Canal connects these two bodies of water.
Mediterranean and Red Seas
What did the French entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps do in Egypt?
Built the Suez Canal
Which gunpowder empire controlled Persia?
Safavid
In 1789, this French emperor invaded Egypt and added it to his empire.
Napoleon
The Suez Canal is located in ...
Egypt
Which European country saw the canal as its lifeline to its greatest colony, India?
Britain
What two European countries participated in "The Great Game" to control this area?
Russia and Great Britain
The Wahhabi movement in Arabia scare this empire because it resisted their reform movements.
Ottoman
Who built the Berlin to Bagdad railroad?
Germany
Because of nationalist revolts in Egypt in 1882, Britain will make Egypt a(n)...
protectorate
Special rights given to foreign companies or individuals are called...
Concessions
Name the three gunpowder empires that made up the Muslim world.
Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal
Group of reformers who wanted to save the Ottoman Empire by reforming it
Young Turks
Who was the soldier mad governor of Egypt who is also known as the founder of modern Egypt.
Mohammad Ali
What group of people in Persia condemned the westernization of their lands?
religious leaders
What did Europeans use as an excuse to intervene in local affairs in the Middle East?
The need to protect their citizen's rights
Group of Christians who lived in the Eastern Mountains of the Ottoman Empire. They were accused of supporting the Russians.
Armenians
What was Egypt's cash crop?
Cotton
What was found in Persia that prompted Russia and Britain to send in troops to protect their interests there?
Oil