Europe in the Middle Ages Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• chivalry : the code knights followed that stated they should be brave and loyal.
• famine : the little ice age led to a decline in food production, which caused extreme hunger, called what?
• labor : the service offered by peasants to their lords in feudalism.
• fief : the land given to a lord by a king.
• roman empire : the fall of the _ _ is said to be the event that 'started' the middle ages. (two words)
• vikings : the most infamous nomadic group of raiders in europe.
• charlemagne : this king reunited central and western europe in the 8th century.
• increased : even though trade declined due to the sudden loss of so many people, wages _ in the aftermath of the plague.
• england : the hundred years' war was fought to drive _ out of france.
• magna carta : the document that placed limits on the king's power - continues to influence governments to this day.
• guild : business groups organized by craftspeople.
• mountain ranges : europe had many of these landforms that isolated groups and encouraged growth of independent territories. (two words)
• feudalism : the political, social, and economic system of the middle ages.
• serf : a peasant that was bound to their lord's land.
• protection : the service offered by knights to their lords in feudalism.
• buboes : the black sores on sufferers of the black death.
• wheeled plow : one invention that made deeper cuts in soil, which made farming more efficient. (two words)
• vassal : a lower ranking noble who served a lord.