Crusades

What was the symbol of the Crusaders?

• A blue sword
• A yellow lion
• A red cross
• A black snake

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

• The Bishop of Constantinople
• Stephen Harding
• The Pope
• Saint Benedict

Why did so many men volunteer for the Crusades? 

• they were paid generously
• the Church granted forgiveness for anyone who goes on the Crusades 
• Because they wanted to
• because they loved Jerusalem 

The goal of the Crusades was to reclaim

• Jerusalem

• Palestine

• Syria

• Persia

Who was the Pope that called for the Crusades?

• Pope Urban II
• Pope Leo X
• Pope Urban I
• Pope Leo V

Who was the King of England that participated in the 3rd Crusade?

• Frederick I
• Phillip II
• Louis XVI
• Richard the Lion-Hearted

The Crusades were fought over the control of what "holy" city?

• Mecca
• Constantinople
• Jerusalem

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.

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.

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

• True

• False