Middle Ages Part 2

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  1. 2. ____ are Muslims of Spain.
  2. 3. Songhai’s laws were based on the ___. This helped spread Islam even more.
  3. 4. ____ inventions, such as gunpowder and the compass, were traded first to Muslims who then traded with Europe.
  4. 9. When the Turks threatened Constantinople, the Byzantine emperor asked Pope ___ II for help.
  5. 13. ___ increased as Crusaders returned from the Middle East with a new taste for foreign/Asian goods.
  6. 14. Pope Gregory VII issued a ruling that stated the Pope had authority over both Church and ___ (non-religious) leaders.
  7. 15. Europe benefited by being exposed to Muslim culture by gaining _____ and scientific knowledge.
  8. 16. The 1492 Edict of Expulsion banned all ___ from Spain.
  9. 19. ____ was the monk who established a set of rules that governed the monastic life in monasteries.
  10. 21. William of Normandy claimed the English throne because he said that King Edward the Confessor had ____ it to him.
  11. 23. The Pope was angered by the 4th Crusade because crusaders attacked & looted ______.
  12. 24. Isabella & Ferdinand brought in Torquemada to lead a series of investigations called the Spanish ____ in order to find and judge heretics.
  13. 25. The Battle of ___ in 1066 is significant because it ended the Anglo-Saxon rule in England.
  14. 27. The ___ Tapestry is an embroidered cloth which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.
Down
  1. 1. Anglo-Saxon and Norman ___ (language) blended together to create the modern English language.
  2. 5. Pope Gregory VII ____ Henry IV from the Church as punishment for trying to remove Gregory from the office of pope.
  3. 6. The Song government based its ___ system upon how well people scored on civil service exams.
  4. 7. During the Spanish Inquisition, many non-Catholics were accused of ____ , which is having a belief that is rejected by official church teachings.
  5. 8. As a result of the Norman conquest of ___ a strong feudal system developed, great castles were built, Normans held all positions of power, and they stopped using the regular Anglo-Saxon language because it changed so much!
  6. 10. _____’s empire was ended by the Treaty of Verdun, which split the empire into 3 parts.
  7. 11. Pope Gregory VII and Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV disagreed about who had the right to choose __.
  8. 12. Japanese farmers were most likely to attend a _____ performance.
  9. 17. The Viking ancestors of William the Conqueror became known as the ____.
  10. 18. The _____ was the movement to drive the Muslims from Spain.
  11. 20. One important result of the Crusades was that there was an increase in trade and cultural exchange between ____ and the Middle East.
  12. 22. Otto the Great was the first Holy Roman Emperor. The rulers that came after him were referred to as ___ kings.
  13. 26. While the crusaders fought in the Holy Land, in Europe ___ on Jews, Muslims and heretics increased.