Learning Contract #6 Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
  2. 4. a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.
  3. 5. city founded by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great as capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire
  4. 10. a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass
  5. 11. collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 529 to 565 ce
  6. 12. an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
Down
  1. 1. a religious tradition rooted in preserving the Greek identity
  2. 2. an emperor of Russia before 1917
  3. 6. head of the Greek Orthodox Church
  4. 7. a converted former church and mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey
  5. 8. a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches
  6. 9. a body of Mongols that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century and dominated Russia until 1486