Crusades Quiz

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

• Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

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

• Stephen Harding

• Pope Urban II

• Saint Benedict

The First Crusade got started when the Seljuk Turks did what?

• Prevented Christians from entering Jerusalem

• Attacked the Catholic city of Rome

• Burnt down the city of Jerusalem

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.

What was the original goal of the Crusades?

• To make sure that kings no longer ruled over peasants.

• To recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• To end Feudalism

• To open new trade routes to the East.

What was a major effect of the Crusades?

• Religious toleration for Jews

• Economic control of North Africa

• Increased influence of the Patriarch

• Increased trade with Arab/Islamic cultures

Effects of the Crusades included:

• continued decline of feudalism

• All three statements

• exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean

• increased intolerance for non-Christians

This city was on a crossroads between Europe and the Middle East.

• Cairo

• Constantinople

• Paris

• Moscow