Crusades

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

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

• Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

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Why did people join in fighting in the Crusades?

• Knights liked to fight and fighting in the Crusades was not a sin.

• People could keep what they plundered.

• They thought it would help them get into heaven.

• All of these answers

• They wanted to retake the Holy Land from Muslims.

Why was the First Crusade the most successful?

• The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.

• The crusaders took over the Byzantine Empire.

• The crusaders drove the Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula.

The Crusades closed trade routes between the Muslim East and Christian West.

• True

• False

Muslim scholars in the Middle East preserved ancient __________ and ___________ knowledge that had been lost in Europe.

• Greek and Roman

• Egyptian and Mesopatamian

• Indian and Chinese

• Japanese and Mongolian

Which was not an effect of the Crusades included

• Strengthed the feudal system in Europe

• rise of a merchant class in Europe

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

• increased intolerance for non-Christians

The Reconquista was the reconquering of Italy from Muslims

• True

• False

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

• Stephen Harding

• Pope Urban II

• Saint Benedict

What did the 3rd Crusade fail to achieve?

• The Crusaders did not take Jaffa

• The Crusaders did not take Acre

• The Crusaders did not take Jerusalem

• The Crusaders did not make it to the Holy Land

What did the Crusaders do when they reached Constantinople during the 4th Crusade?

• Destroyed the city

• Joined the Byzantines

• Looted the city

• Destroyed the Greek Orthodox Church