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
Great Mutiny / Great Revolt
Indian Civil Service
Indian National Congress
Java War
Nguyen Dynasty
Opium War
extraterritoriality
Taiping Rebellion
Boxers
1911 Revolution
gunboat diplomacy
Meiji Restoration
Russo-Japanese War
indentured laborers