Across
- 2. the Spanish Renaissance author of the masterpiece Don Quixote
- 6. the name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus
- 7. a German inventor who, in about 1450, developed the first printing press with movable type in Europe
- 10. small towns where people live and trade
Down
- 1. an English Renaissance poet and playwright whose plays show a deep understanding of human behavior
- 3. influenced by the styles and techniques of ancient Greece and Rome
- 4. a strong difference between two or more things
- 5. a philosophy that tries to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society
- 8. the path on which one object circles another
- 9. special importance