Social Studies Crossword

In the early Middle Ages nobles and knights held a great deal of----------.
Popes had -------- power.
Kings had -------------- power.
For serious offenses, the pope or other bishops could choose to, ------------- or cast from the church, the offender.
In the Holy Roman empire, the situation was now different, the empire had grown out of what had been ----------- empire.
Those who supported Leo's authority became known as ----------- Catholics
The ------------ were a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia.
------------ has been in the hands of Muslims for years, and did not bother the Christians who visited the region.
Crusaders sewed crosses in their clothing to show that they were fighting for ---------.
Before they reached the Holy Land, Turkish troops killed most of these untrained, poorly equipped ----------.
Christians returned to Europe in less than a year with terrible ---------.
Even though the Crusades failed, they changed Europe ----------.
Nearly everyone who lived in Europe during the Middle Ages was -------------.
The church gained ----------- power during the Middle Ages.
Monks and nuns lived apart but ---------- a lot to society.
Most teachers in the universities were members of the ----------.
The Magna Carta required the king to -------- certain rights.
The ----------- king invaded France that began a long conflict between England and France known as the Hundred Year's War.
Religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings are called ----------.
The plague that swept through Europe was called The ------------.