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| Before the Americas were discovered, trade went on between these 3 continents | Asia, Africa, Europe |
| The first Europeans to reach North America | The Vikings lead by Leif Ericson |
| The Vikings reached North America via these countries | Greenland and Iceland |
| Before the discovery of Americas, this was a major center of trade in Africa | Timbuktu |
| Largest desert on the Earth | Sahara Desert |
| Religion practiced by Muslims | Islam |
| Mansa Musa | Ruler of Mali |
| Pilgrimage | Journey to a holy place |
| Muslim house of worship | Mosque |
| Mansa Musa brought back these people to Mali that helped Timbuktu become a major learning center | Arab scholars |
| Merchant of Venice who travelled to China | Marco Polo |
| Kublai Khan | Emperor of China who hired Marco Polo for a job. |
| Description of the World | Book written by Marco Polo about what he saw in China |
| Coal, paper money, gunpowder | Amazing things that Marco Polo saw in China that Europeans had never seen |
| Major center of trade and learning in Europe | Cordoba, Spain |
| Arabic numerals | Way of writing numbers, introduced by Muslims. |
| Aristotle | Greek thinker who believed the world could be understood by logical thinking |
| Rebirth of learning and creativity in Europe | Renaissance |
| The Renaissance was influenced by these people | Aristotle and other Greek and Roman thinkers |
| Vikings were warriors from this area of Europe | Scandinavia |
