Social Studies Vocabulary
Across
- 7. Commander of the military forces
- 10. The highest ranking officials in the Catholic Church
- 11. The Arab founder of Islam; he was born in Mecca.
- 15. Powerful military lords; pledged to obey the emperor and the shogun
- 16. Having to do with a town or city rather than a rural (country) area
- 17. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
- 19. A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures
- 20. Belief in spirits that are outside the body, nature spirits
- 25. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
- 26. the earliest known chemical explosive. It is one of the Four Great Inventions of China.
- 28. the language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.
- 29. A religion founded by Muhammad that spread throughout parts of Asia, northern Africa, and Europe.
- 30. A Muslim house of worship.
Down
- 1. The capital of the Byzantine Empire
- 2. a policy of remaining apart from other groups, especially other countries.
- 3. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire and created a legal code
- 4. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
- 5. A code of conduct that the samurai follow; you must be loyal, brave, and honorable
- 6. Activities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services
- 8. a member of a powerful military class in feudal Japan; warriors
- 9. Empire the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Roman Empire
- 12. an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia.
- 13. A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
- 14. Nature spirits; often used in the Shinto belief system
- 17. a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen
- 18. A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
- 21. The belief in one god.
- 22. Payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of submission or for protection
- 23. The Holy book of Islam.
- 24. Customs and practices based on Muhammad's words and deeds
- 25. A marketplace or shopping center.
- 27. an extensive group of states or countries under an emperor or empress