The Crusades

What was the primary motivation for the Crusades?

• political

• economic

• social

• spiritual

Why was Jerusalem so important to Christians?

• Christians believed it was the holiest site.

• Control of Jerusalem meant power.

• It was the location of the highest populations of Christians.

• It was the center of the Catholic Church.

Who called for the First Crusade?

• Saladin

• Pope Urban II

• Gregory VII

• Richard I

What inspired the Third Crusades?

• A disagreement between the Pope and the Monarchy.

• Egypt was a center of Muslim power.

• Saladin took control of Jerusalem.

• Expanding the Empire.

What was one of the causes of the Second Crusades?

• Saladin took control of Jerusalem.

• The strengthening of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire.

• The spread of Muslim power.

• The capture of Constantinople.

How did Pope Urban II influence the First Crusade?

• He betrayed the Byzantine Empire by working with the Turks to seize control of Jerusalem.

• He led the Byzantine Empire into battle against the Turks to regain Jerusalem.

• He successfully urged the council to undertake a Crusade to rescue the Holy Land.

• He was the first pope to become a king and invade Jerusalem.

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

• The lower class fought for their right against the Catholic Church to choose their religion.

• They attempted to expand the English Empire

• They were designed to take back control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• They sought to convert the entire world to Christianity.

Pope Urban II wanted to recapture the Holy Lands so that...

• Christians going on pilgrimages to visit the Holy Land would be safe.

• Muslims had the right to visit the Holy Lands.

• the Byzantine emperor could be defeated.

• Jerusalem could remain in the hands of the Turks.

King Richard I of England, also known as Richard the Lionheart, led the...

• First Crusade.

• Second Crusade.

• Third Crusade.

a Muslim leader name Saladin began a major campaign against Jerusalem that started the...

• First Crusade.

• Second Crusade.

• Third Crusade.