Crusades

Multiple Choice

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a Chinese emperor could remain in power as long as he-

•   conquered new territories

• governed as a just ruler

• controlled the army

• obeyed the priests

Multiple Choice

Living in harmony with nature is an important part of Chinese culture primarily because of-

• Taoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

Crusades

By Christina Camacho

Open Ended

Describe the relationship between the Western and Eastern Christian churches.

Multiple Choice

How many Crusades were there?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 4

Multiple Choice

What does secular mean?

• Religious

• Non-religious

• political

• Corrupt

Open Ended

What is referred to as the "Holy Land" in Christianity?

Multiple Choice

Pope Urban believed that the Crusade would.....

• Give the Catholic Church more money

• Give the Catholic Church more land

• Destroy the Byzantine Empire

• Unite the Western and Byzantine Empires and strengthen Christianity

Open Ended

Why did younger sons often have to become knights?

Open Ended

For what societal problems were Crusades often issues=

Open Ended

What does the Pope promising salvation to all Crusade participants mean?

Open Ended

How did the First Crusade end?

Multiple Choice

The First Crusade would be the only true Crusade victory for the Christians

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Crusader States were 

• states such as Virginia and Maryland who sent soldiers to fight in the Crusades of the Middle Ages

• another name for the Papal States

• European countries who sent Crusaders to fight in the Holy Land

• territories that Crusaders had taken over in Asia Minor and the Middle East from Muslim rulers

Multiple Choice

All of the following were reasons for the start of the First Crusade in 1096 EXCEPT:

• To divert bickering and violent nobles and knights away from Catholic riches in Europe by sending them to fight in foreign lands

• Popes hoped to promote Christian unity between Catholics and Byzantines

• To regain control of the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks

• To destroy the Byzantine Empire so that Roman Catholicism would be supreme in Eastern Europe

Open Ended

Name at least 2 reasons for the First Crusade.