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The Crusades Lesson

The Crusades Lesson

Assessment

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History

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joseph Anderson

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9 Slides • 8 Questions

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The Crusades

by Mr. Porter

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Middle East

  • ​From 632 CE, Islam spread rapidly through North Africa, the Middle East, and Spain

  • ​By 1095, Islamic groups had occupied Jerusalem and built large cities in Cairo and Baghdad

  • ​These groups had organized theocracies and strong militaries that rivaled the Byzantines in Eastern Europe

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following cities was not under Islamic control?

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Jerusalem

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Baghdad

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Cairo

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Rome

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Fill in the Blank

What type of government did these Islamic groups have?

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​Eastern Europe

  • ​From 600 CE forward, the Byzantine Empire began to decline

  • ​By 1095 an Islamic group known as the Turks had begun conquering their Empire

  • ​The Byzantine Emperor called to the Pope in Rome for support despite their Schism in 1054

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Multiple Choice

Which group was attacking the Byzantine Empire?

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Nazis

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Turks

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Romans

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Spartans

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​Western Europe

  • ​European Gentry was fighting with control over land and power

  • ​The Pope, in response to the Byzantine Emperor, made a speech calling on all Christians to unite and "reclaim the Holy Land" in the name of Christ

  • ​By 1096, kings and armies from across Western Europe began the 1st Crusade as they marched toward Jerusalem

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Multiple Choice

What did the Pope ask Christians to do?

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Divide and Conquer

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Stay at Home

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Unite and Reclaim

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The Pope Isn't Real

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​Politics

  • ​​In Western Europe kings and the Pope struggled for power for centuries

  • ​The Crusades gave the Pope an opportunity to consolidate power for the Church and away from local rulers

  • ​One of the ways he did so was by promising that any who died during this Crusade would automatically be saved and sent to heaven

  • ​This led to many poor, untrained, and undisciplined serfs joining Kings in their armies

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Multiple Choice

True or False: The serfs that fought in the Crusades were highly trained and were professional soldiers

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True

2

False

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​Jerusalem

  • ​The people in Jerusalem were not fully prepared for what was coming as they were not the ones attacking the Byzantine Empire

  • ​It was, however, under the control of an Islamic caliphate which made it the target for the Crusade

  • ​After several grueling months, the tired, starving, and battered European knights and serfs arrived in Jerusalem

  • ​These untrained armies killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children who were Muslim, Jew, and Christian in the Middle East until 1099 when the Pope died

  • ​This marked the end of the 1st Crusade

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Multiple Choice

True or False: Only Muslims were killed by European armies

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True

2

False

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​1st Crusade

  • ​The 1st Crusade was a "success" for the European armies

  • ​They established four Crusader States which imposed Feudalism in the Middle East and former Byzantine territory

  • ​The people in these states, however, were not accustomed to the Manor system and this would lead to the next crusades

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​Scoreboard

  • ​Europeans won the 1st Crusade

  • ​They would go on to lose the city of Jerusalem in the 2nd Crusade

  • ​They would then be beaten back in the 3rd Crusade by Saladin

  • ​By the 4th Crusade, Western European knights sacked Constantinople rather than returning to Jerusalem

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Multiple Choice

How many Crusades did the Europeans win?

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1

2

2

3

3

4

4

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​Consequences

  • ​The soldiers returned from the Crusades with:

  • New knowledge including the number 0

  • Books and records from Greece and Rome that were lost, hidden or destroyed

  • ​A taste for spices and culture from Asian societies

  • ​All of which would go on to help spur the Renaissance

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Fill in the Blank

Name at least two things that European Crusaders brought back to Europe

The Crusades

by Mr. Porter

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