The Crusades Assessment

What are the three major religions that consider Jerusalem holy?

• Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism
• Islam, Shintoism, Judaism
• Islam, Taoism, Hinduism
• Judaism, Christianity, Islam

The Crusades began soon after the Seljuk Turks threatened which of the following Christian states?

• The Kingdom of France
• The Holy Roman Empire
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Kingdom of England

How did the fall of Rome affect European trade routes?

• Trade with faraway lands boomed.
• Trade routes from the Roman Empire had fallen apart.
• Trade with China and India became more lucrative.
• European cities thrived under new laws that regulated merchants and traders.

What was the PRIMARY reason Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade?

• To reclaim Jerusalem from Muslim control
• To claim new land for the European nobility
• To defend Constantinople from a Seljuk Turk attack
• To spread Christianity throughout the Middle East

What is NOT a reason Europeans went on Crusade?

• Money
• Fame
• Military Glory
• Religion

The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?

• Mecca
• Rome
• Jerusalem
• Cairo

Who were the key military leaders of the First Crusade?

• Godfrey of Bouillon and Raymond of Toulouse
• Richard the Lionheart and Frederick Barbarossa
• Saladin and Nur ad-Din
• William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson

The First Crusade is often criticized for its violence and atrocities. Which event is particularly associated with this criticism?

• The massacre of the Muslim population of Jerusalem.
• The destruction of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
• The sacking of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204.
• The Battle of Hastings in 1066.

What was the outcome of the First Crusade?

• The Muslims regained control of Jerusalem
• The Crusaders established the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• The Crusaders were defeated and returned to Europe
• The Byzantine Empire fell to the Crusaders

Which Crusader Kingdom was attacked by the Muslim military leader Zengi, thus starting the Second Crusade?

• The Kingdom of Jerusalem
• The County of Tripoli
• The Principality of Antioch
• The County of Edessa