| A | B |
|---|
| Magellan | proved the world was round by sailing it |
| Mali & Timbuktu | an Empire & capital in west Africa: center of Islamic learning |
| Mansa Musa | King of Mali: made a hadj/hajj (Islamic pilgrimage across the Sahara to Mecca |
| matriarchal | when the mother makes the rules |
| matrilineal | to descend, come from the mother's side of the family |
| Mayas | civilization located on Yucatan Peninsula - built pyramid like structures |
| mercantilism | economic imperialism- using an area for your own economic gain .. taking natural resources, i.e. sugar cane, from a colony - to a mother country, refined & sold back for a profit |
| migration | to move to |
| missionaries | Roman Catholic priests who came to Latin America and converted the native inhabitants to Christianity |
| mixed economy | socialism - an economic system - the government controls key industries |
| modern | fast pace, quick-sudden change |
| monarchy | government ruled by a king |
