The Crusades

Who was the man responsible for starting the Crusades?

• Urban II

• Saladin

• Richard III

• Philip

Name three benefits of fighting in the Crusades.

• Heaven/Forgiveness of Sins

• Adventure

• Conquering Land

• Becoming Muslim

The Crusades were fought over a piece of land called the _______________________________

• Holy Land

• Arabian Peninsula

• Gaza Strip

• Armenia

The only successful crusade was the ____________________________________

• First Crusade--Noble's

• King's Crusade

• Peasant's Crusade

• Children's Crusade

Three crusades that were not successful were the _____________________ and __________________________

• King's Crusade

• Noble's Crusade

• Children's Crusade

• Peasant's Crusade

One major advantage that noble crusaders had over peasant crusaders was . . .

• more faith

• closer to the Pope

• money to buy supplies

• knowledge of the Holy Land

Living in the Middle East changed the crusaders lifestyles in many ways. Name three changes in their lives.

• new foods--including spices

• made economic connections--trade grew

• brought back disease--the Black Death

• Became Muslim

The Muslim king who united Muslims and drove the Christian Crusaders from the Middle East was _________.

• Richard

• Philip

• Saladin

• Barbarossa

Name two reasons why the Crusade of Kings was not successful.

• Philip got angry and took his army back to France

• Richard was imprisoned.

• The Kings ran out of money

• Frederick Barbarossa drowned