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7.34 (Crusades)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Western Europe is mainly which religion?

a)

Roman Catholic Christian

b)

Eastern Orthodox Christian

c)

Muslim

d)

Buddhist

2.

Which two show why the Holy Land is so important to Christians and Muslims?

a)

The founder of Christianity lived and taught there.

b)

Muhammad was born there.

c)

Jesus Christ led a military conquest of the Holy Land.

d)

Muhammad lived there at the time of his death.

e)

The Ancient Israeli civilization lived there.

3.

The region of the Middle East that is north of the Arabian Peninsula is often referred to as the...

a)

Home of Christianity

b)

Holy Land

c)

Silk Road

d)

Abrahamic Land

4.

Which Christian pope called for a crusade against the Seljuk Turks in the Holy Land?

a)

Pope Francis

b)

Pope Gregory VII

c)

Pope Leo III

d)

Pope Urban II

5.

Which statement is true?

a)

For many years, Muslim pilgrims were allowed to travel to Constantinople.

b)

Christians were forbidden to enter the Holy Land between 600 and 1000 CE.

c)

Christian Europeans widely traded goods in the Holy Land

d)

For hundreds of years, Christian pilgrims could travel to Jerusalem.

6.

Which major city is located in the Holy Land, that is important to Muslims and Christians?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Constantinople

c)

Cairo

d)

Baghdad

7.

Southwest Asia is mainly which religion?

a)

Roman Catholic Christian

b)

Eastern Orthodox Christian

c)

Muslim

d)

Buddhist

8.

What is a crusade?

a)

to travel and convert people to a religion

b)

the ability of the pope to kick someone out

c)

a law that restricts the king's power

d)

a religious war

9.

Which two did the Seljuk Turks do which angered European Christians?

a)

They fought with the Byzantine Empire.

b)

They prevented Christians from entering the Holy Land.

c)

They conquered Jerusalem from the Christians.

d)

They led an invasion of France.

e)

They taxed merchants from China who were heading to Europe.

10.

Which three are reasons why European knights and nobles were willing to crusade?

a)

They were guaranteed to go to heaven

b)

The Turks conquered Constantinople

c)

Knights were paid to fight by the pope.

d)

Adventure, land and wealth

e)

They were fiercely Christian

11.

What was the result of the First Crusade?

a)

Christians conquered Jerusalem.

b)

Christians were defeated by the Turks.

c)

The Turks conquered Rome.

d)

Christians conquered Constantinople.

12.

This crusade ended with Muslims re-conquering and controlling Jerusalem.

a)

First Crusade

b)

Second Crusade

c)

Third Crusade

d)

Children's Crusade

13.

Which leader defended Jerusalem against a crusader invasion in the Third Crusade?

a)

King Richard the Lionheart

b)

Mehmed II

c)

King John

d)

Saladin

14.

Which Muslim leader led a reconquering of Jerusalem in the Second Crusade?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Sunni Ali

c)

Saladin

d)

Mehmed II

15.

King Richard, the Lionheart, was from...

a)

Germany

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

England

16.

Which two leaders directly fought in the Third Crusade?

a)

King Richard the Lionheart

b)

Saladin

c)

Mehmed II

d)

King Henry IV

e)

Pope Urban II

17.

This Crusade ended with a peace treaty between Christians and Muslims, and Muslims controlling Jerusalem.

a)

First Crusade

b)

Second Crusade

c)

Third Crusade

d)

Children's Crusade