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The Crusades

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

a)

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

b)

Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

c)

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

2.

What was the result of the First Crusade?

a)

The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.

b)

The crusaders were defeated and returned home.

c)

The crusaders never made it to Jerusalem.

3.

What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?

a)

Stephen Harding

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Saint Benedict

4.

What Muslim leader reconquered Jerusalem after the 2nd Crusade?

a)

William the Conqueror

b)

Saladin

c)

Richard I

d)

Ibn Batuta

5.
The crusades were a series of wars fought between:
a)
Jews and Christians
b)
Jews and Muslims
c)
Christians and Muslims
d)
Christians and Catholics
6.

What was the original goal of the Crusades?

a)

To make sure that kings no longer ruled over peasants.

b)

To recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

c)

To end Feudalism

d)

To open new trade routes to the East.

7.

What happened to Jewish communities during the Crusades?

a)

Communities were attacked and destroyed

b)

Communities were ignored by the Christian Crusaders

c)

Communities were made to serve the Crusaders

d)

Communities were avoided by Crusaders

8.

During the Crusades, Muslims were the only group targeted by Christians.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
What was the symbol of the Crusaders?
a)
A blue sword
b)
A yellow lion
c)
A red cross
d)
A black snake
10.
The Crusades were fought over the control of what "holy" city?
a)
Mecca
b)
Constantinople
c)
Jerusalem
11.

The crusaders were from which place?

a)

Europe

b)

The Middle East

c)

The Holy Land

12.

A crusader is someone who takes up the cross

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Who said "God Wills It!"

a)

Muhammad

b)

The Muslims

c)

The Crusaders

d)

The Jews

14.

The majority of the Crusades were very successful in capturing the Holy Land.

a)

True

b)

False

15.
Who was the King of England that participated in the 3rd Crusade?
a)
Frederick I
b)
Phillip II
c)
Louis XVI
d)

Richard I

16.

The split of the Christian church into two churches was known as the —

a)

Crusades

b)

Eastern Split

c)

Roman Crusade

d)

Great Schism

17.

What is the name of the people who follow Islam?

a)

Arabs

b)

Islams

c)

Muslims

d)

Iranians

18.

What were the Crusades?

a)

A military expedition by the Muslims to conquer the European Christians.

b)

A military expedition by the European Christians to regain Holy Land from Muslims.

c)

A war started by the serfs, who were tired of being ruled by kings.

d)

Conflict between manors.

19.

Approximately how long did the Crusades last?

a)

5 years

b)

25 years

c)

100 years

d)

200 years

20.

Were is the Holy Land?

a)

Canada

b)

France

c)

Middle East

d)

China

21.

Which was one effect of the Crusades?

a)

The Muslims were no longer in control of the Holy Land.

b)

New trade routes opened to the east.

c)

All of Europe became Muslim.

d)

Christianity came to an end.

22.
What is the definition of heresy?
a)
Not following the temple. 
b)
Not liking religion. 
c)
Religous ideas that oppose to the church's.
d)
Religous ideas that go with the church's
23.
What does it mean to excommunicate something/someone?
a)
To have them receive a writ
b)
To make them be apart of an assembly of representatives who make laws
c)
To exclude a person from a church or religious community
d)
To make them be apart of a crusade
24.

Who were the Spanish Monarchs who finally defeated the Moors and ended the Reconquista?

a)

Ferdinand and Isabella

b)

Henry VIII and Catherine

c)

Peter and Mary

d)

Ricardo and Caterina

25.
Who founded the Spanish Inquisition?
a)
Queen Isabella & Ferdinand
b)
Beyoncé & Jay-Z
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
Christopher Columbus
26.

Which group was safest during the Spanish Inquisition?

a)

Muslims (Moors)

b)

Jews

c)

Protestants

d)

Roman Catholics

27.

Which TWO countries fought against one another in the Hundred Years War?

a)

Italy

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

France

e)

Portugal

28.

Which of the following BEST explains how Joan of Arc impacted the Hundred Years War?

a)

She inspired French troops and rallied them to victory

b)

She allied with the English and conspired against the French

c)

She worked with the Pope and helped end the war peacefully

d)

She created new laws and helped women get fair treatment

29.

What was the PURPOSE of the Inquisition?

a)

To find and punish non-Christians in Spain

b)

To make sure different religions were treated fairly

c)

To ensure that English was the only language spoken in England

d)

To allow peasants to have more rights in France

30.

Which of the following people have been continuously attacked throughout history?

a)

Spanish

b)

Jews

c)

Moors

d)

Muslims