Middle Ages

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century (plural) (4)
  2. 4. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan (7)
  3. 9. King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (11)
  4. 12. A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country (8)
  5. 13. An inhabitant of the ancient ___ Empire (plural) (6)
  6. 14. Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 2. A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family (4)
  2. 3. The time of life between youth and old age (plural) (10)
  3. 5. United States operatic soprano (plural) (7)
  4. 6. A native or inhabitant of ___ or of the ___ Empire (9)
  5. 7. A member of an uncivilized people (plural) (10)
  6. 8. God of thunder and rain and farming (4)
  7. 10. A person of ___ nationality (plural) (7)
  8. 11. A member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th (plural) (6)