Chapter 23 Section 4 Flashcards
1
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Blockade
A
Forced closing of ports
2
Q
Continental System
A
Napoleon’s policy if preventing trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations
3
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Guerrilla
A
Spanish peasant fighter
4
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Peninsular War
A
War that Napoleon fought in Spain
5
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Scorched-earth policy
A
Policy of burning fields and slaughtering livestock so that enemy troops would find nothing to eat
6
Q
Waterloo
A
Battle in Belgium that was Napoleon’s final defeat
7
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Hundred Days
A
Napoleon’s last bid for power, which ended at Waterloo
