Crusades

What were the Crusades?

• Holy wars

• Military alliances

• Horse competitions

• Government meetings

Who started the first Crusade?

• The Bible

• Muslims

• Jews

• The pope

Which of these groups did not have its own quarter in Jerusalem?

• Armenians

• Muslims

• Christians

• Slavs

What do the three religions in Jerusalem have in common?

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Agnostitism

• Praying 5 times a day

What large body of water was located west of the Holy Land?

• The Arabian Sea

• The Black Sea

• The Red Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

Which of these large empires did NOT control the Holy Land at some point?

• Byzantine

• Roman

• Egyptian

• Islamic Caliphate

How did Pope Urban II convince the European Christians to go to war?

• Gave them money

• Gave them political power

• Promised them entry to Heaven

• Forced them using the Holy Roman army

The goal of the first crusade was to...

• Kick the Christians out of the Middle East

• Reconquer the Holy Land

• Unite the Islamic empire with the Christians in the Middle East

• Establish a new capital for the Islamic Caliphate

How did the Muslims living in the Holy Land feel about the Crusades?

• Happy

• Angry

• Jealous

• Excited

How did the European Christians feel about the Crusades?

• Motivated to fight

• Scared to lose their land

• Jealous of the rights of Muslims

• Christians did not fight in the Crusades