Crusade Review

What were the religious motivations behind the Crusades for Christians?

• Economic gain and expansion of trade routes

• Political power and control over new territories

• Revenge for past conflicts with Muslim rulers

• the desire to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from Muslim control.

What started the first crusade?

• The Byzantine empire asking for help against the Seljuk Turks

• Muslims taking over Jerusalem

• A desire for more land

• Europeans were antsy for conflict

What was the main goal of the 1st Crusade?

• Establish trade routes with the Middle East

• Spread Christianity to new territories

• Conquer new lands for European kings

• Recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims

What was the result of the 1st crusade?

• Muslims offered a peace treaty with Pope Urban

• Jews took Jerusalem and Constantinople

• Christians took Jerusalem and made crusader states.

• The Byzantine empire collapsed

What happened in the 2nd crusade?

• Muslims take over France

• The Jewish people create the country of Israel

• Christians take over the Arabian Peninsula

• Christians lose land and Jerusalem to the Muslims

What were the outcomes of the 2nd Crusade?

• Establishment of a new Crusader state in the Middle East

• Complete victory and recapture of all lost territories

• Peace treaty signed with the Muslim forces

• Failure to recapture Edessa and weakening of the Crusader states

What was the result of the 3rd crusade?

• All religious groups decided to split Jerusalem

• Muslims controlled Jerusalem, but a peace treaty was signed to allow Christians to visit.

• Christians gained control of Jerusalem and signed a peace treaty to allow Muslims to visit.

• The Jews gained control of Jerusalem and signed a peace treaty to allow Christians to visit

Who were the most important figures in the third crusade?

• Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Attila the Hun

• Richard the Lionheart and Saladin

• Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan

• Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn

What was the result of the 4th crusade

• A new pope is elected

• The Muslims give up control of Jerusalem

• The Crusaders end up attacking Constantinople

• The Byzantine Empire combines with western Europe

Which crusade was the most successful for the Christians?

• 3rd

• 2nd

• 1st

• 4th