Crusades Study Guide

Crusades Begin

• 1095, the leader of the Byzantine Empire felt that the city of Constantinople was under attack by Muslim Turks.

• Byzantine Emperor asks the Pope Urban II for help

• Urban II called for a crusade against the Muslim Turks

• This image is the Council of Claremont where the pope called for the Crusades to begin

Multiple Choice

What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?

• Stephen Harding

• Pope Urban II

• Saint Benedict

Multiple Choice

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

• Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

Multiple Choice

What group's conquest of Jerusalem caused the start of the Crusades?

• Seljuk Turks

• Fatimid Arabs

• Byzantine Empire

• Roman Rebels

Multiple Choice

The crusaders were from which place?

• Europe

• The Middle East

• The Holy Land

Multiple Choice

Which city did they fight over?

• London

• Jerusalem

• Paris

Multiple Choice

Which general led the Muslims?

• Saladin

• Pope Urban II

Multiple Choice

Why did so many men volunteer for the Crusades?

• they were paid generously

• the Church granted forgiveness and salvation to anyone who went or died on the Crusades

• Because they were forced to go

• because they loved Asia

Who are the Crusaders?

• European Christians

• Many nobles, knights and peasants respond to the call and leave in 1096 for Constantinople

Multiple Choice

A crusader is someone who takes up the cross

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Crusades led to an interest in exploration to find better/faster trade routes.

• True

• False

Who are the Crusaders fighting?

• Sunnis- party of tradition. and Shi'ites - party of Ali - first caliphate after Muhammad's death

• Two groups of Muslims, the Sunni Seljuk Turks and Shi'ite Caliphate were fighting each other.

• In 1096, Christians were kicked out of the city of Jerusalem by the Shi'ite Famid Caliphate

Multiple Choice

Who fought each other in the crusades?

• The Romans and the Greeks

• The Europeans and the Muslims

• The Eastern and Western Roman churches

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the First Crusade?

• The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.

• The crusaders were defeated and returned home.

• The crusaders never made it to Jerusalem.

Multiple Choice

True or False: The majority of the Crusades were very successful in capturing the Holy Land.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was the original goal of the Crusades?

• To make sure that kings no longer ruled over peasants.

• To recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• To end Feudalism

• To open new trade routes to the East.

Multiple Choice

What was the symbol of the Crusaders?

• A blue sword

• A yellow lion

• A red cross

Multiple Choice

A pilgrimage is....

• a journey to a sacred place

• the government of the Roman Catholic Church

• a series of actions tending toward a particular end

Multiple Choice

During the Middle Ages, church scholars worked primarily in —

• universities

• the military

• monasteries

• government

Different Perspectives

• Christians believed they were fighting in the name of Jesus to take back the place of his birth from non-believers.

• Muslims believed that they were defending land that was theirs. They thought Christians were brutal invaders.

Multiple Choice

Why did people join in the Crusades?

• They thought it would help them gain land

• They thought it would help them get rich.

• They thought it would help them get into heaven.

• All of these answers

Multiple Choice

How did the Crusades fail?

• Crusaders failed to keep control of Jerusalem

• Crusaders failed to conquer Egypt

• Crusaders never won a battle in the Holy Land

• Crusaders destroyed trade relations between East/West

Multiple Choice

Both Christians and Muslims had the same understanding of why they were fighting each other.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Effects of the Crusades included

• continued decline of feudalism

• rise of a merchant class in Europe

• exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean

• increased intolerance for non-Christians