Step 2: Explain Why It Matters

Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in world history.

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TERM WHO OR WHAT & WHEN WHY IT MATTERS
petrodollars
neoliberalism
Washington Consensus
intifada
junta
apartheid
African National Congress (ANC)
Tiananmen Square
“Japan, Inc.”
détente
perestroika
glasnost
Solidarity
European Union (EU)