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Popes and Kings / Crusades

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name two of the pope’s responsibilities as leader of the Christian Church.

(a)  

2.

Why do you think people feared the pope’s ability to excommunicate them?

(a)  

3.

What event caused a permanent split in the church?

(a)  

4.

How did Pope Gregory respond to Henry IV’s attempt to remove him from power?

(a)  

5.

excommunicate

a)

their power was inherited from their fathers

b)

powerful spiritual leaders

c)

to cast out from the church

6.

Pope Gregory VII

a)

Holy Roman Emperor in 1073

b)

excommunicated Emperor Henry IV

c)

state that existed with the pope’s approval

7.

Henry IV

a)

Holy Roman Emperor in 1073

b)

their power was inherited from their fathers

c)

excommunicated Emperor Henry IV

8.

Roman Catholic Church

a)

. powerful spiritual leaders

b)

. state that existed with the pope’s approval

c)

led by a pope

9.

kings

a)

their power was inherited from their fathers

b)

powerful spiritual leaders

c)

state that existed with the pope’s approval

10.

Holy Roman Empire

a)

to cast out from the church

b)

state that existed with the pope’s approval

c)

led by a pope

11.

popes

a)

powerful spiritual leaders

b)

to cast out from the church

c)

state that existed with the pope’s approval

12.

After a disagreement over who could select bishops, _________ was excommunicated from the church

a)

Henry IV

b)

Pope Gregory VII

13.

People feared being ________ because they would not go to heaven when they died.

a)

evicted

b)

excommunicated

14.

Because the _______ was seen as God’s representative, it was his duty to decide what the church would teach.

a)

pope

b)

king

15.

The _________ , ruled by an emperor, got its name because the pope approved of it.

a)

Roman Catholic Church

b)

Holy Roman Empire

16.

Why did Christians call Palestine the “Holy Land”?

(a)  

17.

What happened to the peasant Crusaders?

(a)  

18.

How did the Crusades affect relations between Europe and Asia?

(a)  

19.

______________ agreed to help the Byzantines who were attacked by Muslim Turks in the Holy Land.

a)

Palestine

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Saladin

20.

The leader of the Muslim forces who was respected for his kindness toward fallen enemies was ___________.

a)

Palestine

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Saladin

21.

The _________ were a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia.

a)

Crusades

b)

Holy Land

c)

King Richard I

22.

Though the rulers of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire led armies during the Third Crusade, only __________ of England stayed in the Holy Land to fight

a)

Holy Land

b)

King Richard I

c)

Muslims

23.

The goal of the Crusades was to take the control of ____________ away from the Muslim Turks.

a)

Palestine

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Saladin

24.

The English leader __________ returned home with Jerusalem still in Muslim hands.

a)

Holy Land

b)

King Richard I

c)

Muslims

25.

Following the Crusades, tension between Christians and Jews and _________ grew.

a)

Holy Land

b)

King Richard I

c)

Muslims