Across
- 4. a women of nobility
- 5. a continent to the north of Africa, connected to Asia in western Russia
- 6. a knights code of behavior
- 7. in the Middle Ages, a way to manage feudal lands
- 9. Europe second longest river
- 12. an epidemic spread to humans by fleas from rates
- 15. king of the Franks who was later crowned emperor of the former Roman Empire in western Europe
- 16. a trading route that connected Europe and lands of the former Roman Empire with China
- 18. the longest river in Europe
- 19. a community of monks
- 20. a group of craftspeople or merchants who are united by a common interest
- 22. an English charter that limited royal power
- 24. a women who devotes her life to her religion and lives in a convent
- 25. a mountain range that separates Eastern Europe from Asia
- 29. the main river of the busiest inland system of waterways in the western part of Europe
- 30. pope who issued a plea to free the holey land Palestine from the Turks, launching the crusade
- 31. a northwestern region of Europe; includes the nation of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
- 33. Venetian merchant, world traveler, and writer who remains in china as a quest for 17 years
Down
- 1. a social, political, and economic system used in the Middle Ages
- 2. a Roman province on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
- 3. a person who lived on and farmed feudal land
- 8. in the Middle Ages, a system whereby the planting of crops on manor lands alternates between three fields
- 10. a man who devotes hi life to religion and lives in a monastery
- 11. a period in European history that lasted from about 500 to about 1500
- 13. a federal warrior trained and prepared to fight on horsebac
- 14. king of England
- 17. a community of nuns
- 21. a book made in 1086 that helped king William keep track of all of the people and property in England
- 23. an epidemic of an often fatal disease
- 26. major military expedions by Christians to win back control of Palestine (holy land)and protect the Byzantine Empire
- 27. The Conqueror Norman king who conquered England in 1066
- 28. a person who teaches a religion to people with diffident beliefs
- 32. a king or queen who is supreme leader
