The Crusades Review

Meeting in which Pope Urban II rallies Christians to help the Byzantine Empire drive Muslim Turks from the Holy Land.

• Council of Clermont

• Council of the Crusades

• Council of the Seljuk Turks

• Council of the Inquisition

Was the leader of the Roman Catholic Church who asked European Christians to take up arms against Muslims, starting the Crusades...

• Walter San Avoir

• Peter the Hermit

• Bishop Adhemar

• Pope Urban II

Who didn't wait for Pope Urban II and started the "Peasant's Crusade" in France?

• Walter San Avoir

• Peter the Hermit

• Bishop Adhemar

• Pope Urban II

What "golden ticket" was Pope Urban II offering to Christians if they went and fought to take back Jerusalem from the Muslims?

• wealth and money

• property and slaves

• forgivness of sins and a chance to go to heaven

• peace and freedom

Who was Alexius Comnenus (Byzantine Empire) fighting against in Anatolia (Modern day Turkey) ?

• The Ottomans

• The Seljuk Turks

• The Safavids

• The Mughals

Before the Crusades formed to take back the the "Holy Land" or Jerusalem. How long had the Muslims controlled the Holy Land?

• 100 years

• 200 years

• 300 years

• 400 years

"Deus Vult" in Latin means...

• "God believes in us"

• "God is great"

• "God wills it"

• "God blesses us"

Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad, converted to Islam, and ruled in name of Abbasid caliphs in the 1100s

• The Ottomans

• The Seljuk Turks

• The Safavids

• The Mughals

During the 1st Crusade, the 5 Crusading armies decided to meet where before moving onto the Holy Land?

• Antioch

• Jerusalem

• Nicea

• Constantinople

Who had been elected by Pope Urban II to lead the Crusade at the Council of Clermont?

• Walter San Avoir

• Peter the Hermit

• Bishop Adhemar

• Pope Urban II