Global History Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A line of rulers from the same family
  2. 3. originally a committee of Nobles created to keep an eye on the King’s actions
  3. 4. German monk who wrote 95 Theses against the Roman Catholic Church
  4. 9. a “rebirth” of ancient learning (Greek and Roman) as well as culture
  5. 10. economic system that replaced feudalism
  6. 12. Spanish military leaders
  7. 14. holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims – for control of the “Holy Lands” (Jerusalem)
Down
  1. 1. people who agreed with Luther’s ideas and joined in his “protest” against the Church
  2. 2. A form of government – citizens share the power to make decisions; origins in Athens
  3. 5. isolate cultures from other cultures - such as Japan
  4. 6. Arabs who worshipped the religion of Islam
  5. 7. belief that the soul is reborn in the body of another person or thing
  6. 8. the new way of thinking during the Renaissance
  7. 11. writing system used in Egypt – picture symbols
  8. 13. when a monarch rules with total power (absolute power)