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