Crusades Vocabulary List

A _______ is any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• Crusade

• Pilgrimage

• Inquisition

• Reconquista

Fill in the blank: The _______ Empire is a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395.

• Byzantine

• Ottoman

• Persian

• Mongol

Fill in the blank: The _______ Crusade was from 1096 to 1099.

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

Fill in the blank: _______ is of or relating to the Seljuks.

• Seljuk

• Ottoman

• Mongol

• Byzantine

A _______ is a believer in or follower of Islam.

• Muslim

• Christian

• Hindu

• Buddhist

Who was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190?

• Frederick

• Henry

• Otto

• Conrad

Fill in the blank: _______ VII was the king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180).

• Louis

• Charles

• Philip

• Henry

Fill in the blank: _______ is of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium.

• Byzantine

• Roman

• Ottoman

• Greek

sultan of Syria and Egypt

• Barbarossa

• Louis VII

• Frederick I

• Saladin

Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190

• Barbarossa

• Louis VII

• Frederick I

• Seljuk