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| Aztec | Native American people that settled in the Valley of Mexico in the 1200s A.D and later developed a powerful empire |
| Anasazi | Native American group that lived on the mesa tops, cliff sides, and canyon bottoms of the Four Corners region from about 100 to 1300 A.D. |
| Pueblo | A group of Native American peoples-descendants of the Anasazi-inhabiting the deserts of the Southwest |
| Iroquois | A group of Native American peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the Northeast |
| Songhai | An empire that, at the height of its power in the 1500s, controlled much of West Africa |
| Benin | West African Kingdom that flourished in the Niger Delta region from the 14th to the 17th century |
| Kongo | A group of small Kingdoms along the Zaire River in Central Africa, united under a single leader in the late 1400s |
| Islam | A religion founded in Arabia in A.D. 622 by the prophet Muhammad; its believers are called Muslims |
| Reformation | A religious movement in 16th-century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various Protestant churches |
| Joint-stock company | A business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose |
