Unit 1 Key Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Translates to "successor"
  2. 7. The split between Catholic and Orthodox churches
  3. 12. A series of religious conflicts aimed at retaking the Holy Land for christian Europe
  4. 14. A vast network of overland and sea routes that facilitated trade between Europe and Asia
  5. 16. An idea that stated a ruler inherits their power from God and must answer to the people, or have it revoked
  6. 17. A dynasty in China that perfected gunpowder and paper production
  7. 18. A nomadic collection of tribes who swept down from the Eurasian Steppe to conquer most of the known world
  8. 19. A small clause in the Nicene Creed that contributed to the Great Schism
  9. 20. The Eastern Roman Empire
Down
  1. 1. An administrative system of organization where laws rules and policies are implemented by non-elected officials and civil servants
  2. 2. The original Abrahamic religion
  3. 3. The idea that a ruler derives their power from God
  4. 5. A siege perpetrated by the Ottomans that brought down the Byzantines after nearly 1000 years
  5. 6. Polytheistic religion with millions of different gods from India
  6. 8. An Abrahamic religion founded by the Prophet Muhammed
  7. 9. a Medieval political, social, and economic system
  8. 10. An extremely successful caliphate that eventually toppled the Byzantines and established an empire of their own
  9. 11. A non-theistic religion originating from a man named Buddha
  10. 13. The first foreign-led dynasty in China
  11. 15. A bubonic plaque outbreak that killed half of Europe's population