Crusades Test

What Pope gave a speech encouraging the First Crusade?

• John

• John Paul

• Urban

• Leo

The Crusades were meant to free the city of _________ from Muslim control.

• Alexandria

• Jerusalem

• Beijing

• Athens

Which of these did not happen during the Crusades?

• Crusaders captured Jerusalem and set up Crusader States in the area.

• Crusaders seized Mecca and held it for two years.

• Jerusalem was retaken by Muslims and the Crusader States were defeated.

• Crusaders sacked Constantinople and weakened the Byzantine Empire.

Which was a result of the Crusades?

• increases desire to eastern goods

• strengthened the Pope

• increases cooperation between Muslims and Christians

• Weakened European Monarchs

What was NOT an effect of the Crusades?

• feelings of bitterness between Christians and Muslims

• the end of Mongol rule in eastern Europe

• a weakening of papal authority over monarchs

• an increase in Mediterranean trade

What do Christians believe about Jerusalem?

• Where Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

• Zion, God's own city, the site of Solomon's Temple

• Where Muhammad ascended into heaven

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Why did the Europeans want to go on a Crusade?

• Knights: use fighting skills, adventure

• Possible wealth or instant salvation, if killed

• Peasants: Freedom from feudal bonds

• To win the Hundred Years War

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Why did the Pope want a Crusade?

• Increase Power in Europe

• Heal split between Roman Catholic and Byzantine/Greek Orthodox Church

• Saw Land in the Middle East as a good place for Europe's growing population

Counting the Children's Crusade, how many total crusades were there?

• 1

• 20

• 15

• 10

How many of the Crusades do historians deem as important?

• 0

• 5

• 4

• 9