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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 ______.
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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