Crusades Quiz

Who enlisted the help of European powers to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims?

• Pope Urban II

• Alexis I

• King Louis VII

• Saladin

What did Pope Urban II frame the Crusades as a quest to free?

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Jerusalem

• Antioch

What did the pope promise in return for fighting in the Crusade?

• Wealth

• Land

• Forgiveness of sins

• Titles

Who inspired leaders such as King Louis VII of France during the Crusades?

• Saladin

• Bernard of Clairvaux

• Conrad III

• Richard I

Who did Jerusalem fall to in 1187?

• King Richard I

• Alexis I

• Saladin

• Pope Urban II

Who initiated the Fourth Crusade in 1193?

• Pope Urban II

• Pope Innocent III

• King Louis VII

• Bernard of Clairvaux

Which city was sacked by the Western Crusaders in 1204?

• Antioch

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Rome

Which empire was finally conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453?

• Byzantine Empire

• Roman Empire

• Holy Roman Empire

• Persian Empire

What happened to the children on the five ships that did not sink in a storm?

• They returned home

• They were sold into slavery

• They joined the Crusades

• They settled in Jerusalem

Which country defeated France in the last two Crusades?

• England

• Spain

• Germany

• Egypt