Across

2. Who was killed for siding with the Church against the King?

4. What increased the power of common people by creating a shortage of workers?

7. the period of time during which a king or other monarch rules

8. the name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia

10. the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection

11. Chariot races occurred in what place in Constantinople?

12. Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in exchange for ______support?

14. A ______would often host entertainment like plays that would

15. The ______was improved to aid in navigation.

16. What was one benefit of a guild?

17. Who created the rulings for common law decisions?

19. a journey to a holy site

22. Boys in training to become knights were called what?

25. Who gives protection to those that swear obedience (vassals)?

26. ______were often blamed for the Bubonic Plague.

28. a peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked

30. Your ______was primarily decided by your birth.

32. Which English King reformed the law by having trials before royal judges?

37. What document protected the rights of Nobles?

40. When a town becomes experts in one type of product, we call that what?

41. What culture’s art features flowers, vines, and geometric shapes?

42. Trade helped spread the plague from ______to Europe.

43. What is a fief?

44. People of which faith were most likely to be bankers?

45. The lack of a central government was a result of the ______.

47. a young boy who learned manners and received education as part of his training to learn to become a knight

49. Court trials came to replace trial by ______and ordeals.

50. Who gives oaths of loyalty to a lord?

51. What did towns buy to gain independence from feudal lords?

53. land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

54. Ibn Sina is the “Prince of ______”.

57. What was the revised system of laws in Constantinople called?

58. a young man who served a knight and learned to fight in his training to become a knight

59. What occurred after the fall of Rome that caused the rise of feudalism?

62. Unsanitary conditions often caused ______in towns.

64. Muslims ______the works of ancient Greek writers?

65. The Model Parliament gave ______people a voice in government.

66. Trade changed in the Middle Ages because instead of only importing luxury goods, trade changed to more ______.

Down

1. Who would learn cooking and cleaning?

3. passed on from parent to child; inherited

5. What Muslim wrote a widely used textbook?

6. Badminton was a popular ______in medieval towns.

9. The Roman Empire was divided in ______until the Fall of Rome.

10. Improvements in what allowed medieval Europeans to grow enough food to feed people who lived in towns?

13. The ______used the longbow and it helped them win early victories in the Hundred Years’ War.

18. to trade goods or services without the exchange of money

20. What comes next? Apprentice, journeyman, ______.

21. Because of it’s location, ______had a huge trade advantage.

23. Anyone could receive treatment in a Muslim ______.

24. the buying and selling of goods; business

27. Justinian built the ______as a splendid church.

29. In England, political changes caused nobles to power both the King and the ______.

31. In addition to new farming methods, long-distance ______also encouraged the growth of towns.

33. Because of the violent riots that destroyed his city, Justinian decided to start ______.

34. Who inspired a stronger national identity because of her actions in the Hundred Years’ War?

35. The Knight’s code of behavior was called what?

36. Who was the most influential person in decided what job a young man would do as an adult?

38. The process of improving something is called ______.

39. By ______soldiers during the Hundred Years’ War, Kings became less dependent upon their vassals.

46. As feudal lords grew weaker, who rose to take their power?

48. Who was required to stay on the lands they worked?

52. ______means that people cannot be held indefinitely in jail unless a court consents.

55. the leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E., who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire

56. What Indian number has an Arabic name to it?

60. a vassal owes ______in exchange for receiving something valuable, such as land

61. The spread of goods/ideas from one place to another is called ______.

63. a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from Muslims

67 of 67 words were placed into the puzzle.

Word Bank (No spaces!)

Adaptation

Asia

Astrolabe

Barter

Bubonic Plague

Byzantine

Charlemagne

Chivalry

Combat

Commerce

Common People

Constantinople

Crusades

Cultural Diffusion

Danger and Disorder

Diseases

English

Ensure Good Quality

Fall of Rome

Farming Methods

Father

Feudalism

Fief

Game

Girls

Guild

Habeas Corpus

Hagia Sophia

Hereditary

Hippodrome

Hiring

Hospitals

Ibn Sina

Islam

Jewish

Jews

Joan of Arc

Judges

Justinians Code

King Henry

Land Grant

Local Items

Lord

Loyalty

Magna Carta

Major Public Works

Master

Merchants

Military

Ordinary

Page

Pages and Squires

Physicians

Pilgrimage

Preserved and Translated

Reign

Royal Charter

Serf

Serfs

Social Class

Specialization

Squire

Thomas Becket

Trade

Two

Vassal

Zero