L20 From the Crusades to New Muslim Empires

hostility or discrimination against Jews

• Holy Land

• dramatically

• anti-Semitism

• response

a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from Muslims

• Crusades

• dramatically

• anti-Semitism

• response

relating to trade or money

• Crusades

• dramatically

• anti-Semitism

• economic

the area between Egypt and Syria that was the ancient homeland of Jews and the place where Jesus Christ had lived; also called Palestine

• Crusades

• dramatically

• Holy Land

• economic

a judicial body established by the Roman Catholic Church to combat forms of religious error

• Crusades

• Inquisition

• Holy Land

• economic

the forced separation of one group from the rest of a community

• segregation

• response

• Holy Land

• economic

a ruler in certain Middle East lands, especially Persia (modern-day Iran)

• segregation

• response

• shahs

• economic

the supreme ruler of a Muslim state

• segregation

• response

• shahs

• sultan

What event in 1095 led Pope Urban II to call Christians to a religious war?

• Many emperors asked for help.

• Vikings attacked parts of Europe from the north.

• Charlemagne asked to be crowned Holy Roman emperor.

• The Seljuk Turks sent ships to attack Rome.

What was the overall purpose of the Christians in the Crusades?

• to gain control of Palestine

• to open a trade route to China

• to learn about Muslim innovations

• to capture Jerusalem from the Jews