Vocab

Genocide- the deliberate mass murder of a group of people

Ethnic cleansing- ^ the term in Bosnian War ^

Secular state- a state that rejects any church influences on its policies

Fez- brimless cap worn by Turkish Muslims

"Sick man of Europe" - growing steadily weaker

Janissaries- sultan's special military forces

Young Turks- a group for reformers that set up a committee called committee of union progress or (CUP) it gained support with Ottoman army and administration as well as Turks living in exile. Young Turks removed sultan and regained constitution

Colonel Mustapha Kemal- commander of Turkish forces at Dardanelles (Battle of Gallipoli) against a British invasion in WWI

Wahhabi movement- drive out foreigners and cleanse Islam of outside influences

Balfour Declaration- Palestine was to become a national home for the Jews

Section two

Pan-Africanism- unity of all Africans

Mahatma- India's "great soul" (Gandhi)

Westernization- capatilist democratic civilization in western Europe and the United States

Young Kikuyu Association- protested high taxes levied by British rulers, was organized by Harry Thuku

Facing Mount Kenya- Jomo Kenyattas book that argued British rule was destroying the traditional culture of black Africa

Government of India Act- expanded the role of Indians in the governing process

Jawaharlal