7th grade The Crusades

What does the Byzantine emperor asking for the Pope’s help show about the Pope’s power?

• That he was in desperate need for God to intervene

• That the Pope and the church had great power in government

• That the Pope had a direct approach to God

• That the government was weak

Who invaded the Byzantine Empire creating a need for the First Crusade?

• Slavs

• Germans

• Vikings

• Muslim Turks

What did Saladin, the Muslim leader, do that lead to the Third Crusade?

• declare war on Rome

• persecuted Christians

• united Muslims and declared war against the Christian states.

• took control of the Muslim empire

Because the Crusade gathered so many followers it was called . . .

• The Peoples Republic

• Peoples Crusade or the Peasants Crusade

• The Peasants Fight

• The Fight of the People

Where did the crusaders set out for during the first crusade?

• Constantinople

• Saladin

• Jerusalem

• Antioch

What started the second crusade?

• Muslims sang off key in the Christian choir

• Christians were tricked by the Slavs

• Germany joined forces to attack Damascus

• Muslims started a war with the "Frank" Christians

Who won the second crusade and what did they gain?

• Crusaders won and took back Constantinople

• Muslims won against the Crusaders and got religious freedom

• Muslim forces defeated the Crusaders and added Damascus to their empire

• General Sanders lost and was demoted to Colonel

What was King Richard never able to do?

• to conquer Jerusalem

• to conquer Byzantine

• to take back Rome

• to chew gum and walk at the same time

What was the purpose of the fourth crusade as set out by Pope Innocent III?

• to re-conquer Jerusalem

• to capture Saladin

• to capture the Muslim stronghold of Egypt

• Both A and C

What happened to Constantinople at the end of the fourth crusade?

• Burned down a massive part of the city

• Both A and C

• restored monuments, paintings and manuscripts

• declined in strength and later fell to the Ottoman Turks