Amazing Facts-Crusades

In 1032, Pope Benedict IX became pope at age:

• FIve
• Twelve
• Twenty-one
• Ninety-two

During this period, a person could become a member of the clergy, such as a bishop or an abbot, after:

• Ten years of study
• Living in a monastery
• Passing an examination
• No training at all

One of the most unusual crusades was known as the:

• Mother's Crusade
• Children's Crusade
• Crusade of the Animals
• Jewish Crusade

Which of the following was not involved in a crusade?

• St. Lois
• St. Joan
• Richard the Lionhearted
• Walter the Penniless

During this period, most of the children did not survive to the age of: 

• Five
• Ten
• Fifteen
• Twenty

During the first Crusade, about a third of those marching were:

• Women and children
• Trained soldiers
• Priests
• Knights

Saladin, a Muslim sultan, was so successful in battle that when he returned home:

• The price of slaves fell.
• He was made sultan for life.
• He was made pope.
• He was chosen to lead an army.

Finding which of the following is NOT considered motivation for Columbus and others to discover and explore the New World?

• A trade route to the East
• Gold
• A route for the conquest of Jerusalem 
• Tobacco

When the Muslims planned their battles with the Franks, they wanted the battle to:

• Last a long time. 
• Be fought at sunrise.
• Be on horseback.
• Be in the winter.

In 1098, the crusaders in Antioch refused to obey their commanders and fight. When the commanders heard of this, they:

• Killed them.
• Had them excommunicated.
• Made them slaves.
• Set their houses on fire.