The Middle Ages

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  1. 3. Who liked using a mace?
  2. 6. Vassals paid this to their lords, showing loyalty to them.
  3. 7. The famous trading route that was said to enable the spread of the plague was called the ____ Road
  4. 12. the act that deprives someone of membership in the church
  5. 14. The epidemic that hit Europe in 1347.
  6. 15. Battles fought between European Christians and Muslims
  7. 19. Who was more powerful, feudal states or the ______
  8. 20. A union of people who practice the same trade
  9. 22. The ability to read and write
  10. 23. Holy Roman Emperor
  11. 26. A picture or representation of a sacred figure; sacred object
  12. 27. Charlemagne's one goal that he never accomplished was to be able to read and _____
  13. 28. the deliverance of the soul from the penalties of sin
  14. 30. Who held the highest church position?
  15. 31. What number of people out of 10 people in the Middle Ages would become a nun or monk?
  16. 32. A house, castle, or estate
  17. 34. Afraid that idols took place of sacred figures; Church of _____
  18. 35. What did vassals get from their lords?
  19. 36. What the Crusades were fought for
  20. 38. a tenth of one's income contributed voluntarily to the church
  21. 39. a group of people who have been ordained for religious services
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  1. 1. Someone who has controversial opinions about religion, especially someone who publicly disagrees with the Church
  2. 2. What modern weapon could a knight be compared to?
  3. 4. a mutual separation or division into factions, especially a formal separation within a Christian church
  4. 5. a work of art or literature from Ancient Greece or Rome; something considered to be of the highest rank or excellence
  5. 8. personal independence; the idea that every person should be free to develop and pursue his or her own goals
  6. 9. What job resulted in higher pay because of the Black Death?
  7. 10. The nursery rhyme 'Ring Around The _____' is said to center around the Black Death
  8. 11. A strong central government ruled by a king or queen
  9. 13. The three countries that were impacted were England, Germany, and the ___________
  10. 16. Peasant
  11. 17. Where was the first documented case of the Black Death?
  12. 18. The male leader of a family or tribe
  13. 21. The plague spread 2 kilometers per ___ on land
  14. 24. What could once-peasants become?
  15. 25. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease
  16. 26. One who is an unbeliever in a specific religion
  17. 29. Middle Ages people had the same standards for _____ hygiene as we do today
  18. 33. What protected knights against their opposition?
  19. 37. an institution of higher learning with teaching and researching facilities as well as graduate and professional schools