Chapter 23 Section 4 Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
Blockade
A
Forced closing of ports
2
Q
Continental system
A
Napoleons policy of preventing trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations
3
Q
Guerrilla
A
Spanish peasant fighter
4
Q
Peninsular war
A
War that napoleon fought in Spain
5
Q
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 napoleons final defeat
7
Q
Hundred days
A
Napoleons last vid for power which ended at Waterloo
