Crossword 1 - Unit 1

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Across
  1. 2. These women organized households and parties for the nobility.
  2. 4. This historical period stretched from the fall of the Roman Empire to the start of the Renaissance.
  3. 7. This group sold items people couldn’t make themselves, often traveling far.
  4. 8. The dominant religious institution that controlled every aspect of life.
  5. 12. This group created goods like furniture and tools, sometimes renting or owning land.
  6. 13. These people laboured for both themselves and the landowner, essentially “owned” by the landowner.
  7. 15. worked the land to yield food, fuel, wool and other resources
  8. 16. Another name for the Middle Ages, when few achievements were made.
Down
  1. 1. This period marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity in the 15th–16th centuries.
  2. 3. This group planted crops and raised animals to feed everyone.
  3. 5. Who defended the Catholic Church because their power came from God’s blessing?
  4. 6. Warriors were the “muscle” of the Middle Ages, protecting castles and nobles.
  5. 9. System ranking people or groups one above another according to authority.
  6. 10. This group governed the lands and promised to defend it against conquerors.
  7. 11. A system of legal and military customs based on landholding in exchange for service.
  8. 14. Land granted in exchange for service and loyalty