Across
- 2. a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims
- 5. an architectural style reflecting the influence of the medieval period
- 6. a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred
- 7. powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas
- 10. there are an insufficient number of qualified individuals in a particular occupation to meet the demand for workers
- 13. dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred
- 15. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes and sometimes infection of the lungs
- 16. followers of Islam, monotheistic, believe in Allah
- 17. the action of buying and selling goods and services
- 19. extend over a large or increasing area
- 20. the area in the Middle East where the events of the Bible happened
- 21. a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious
Down
- 1. a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker
- 3. followers of the world's largest religion, monotheistic, believe in God
- 4. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
- 8. a route, often covering long distances, that is used by traders, merchants, and caravans
- 9. a person devoted to bringing about change, as in politics or society
- 11. a pattern of economic exchange between companies or countries
- 12. the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church
- 14. the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices
- 18. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location
- 20. any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious teachings
