WorksheetsL12 Crusades
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who fought each other in the crusades?
The Romans and the Greeks
The Europeans and the Muslims
The Eastern and Western Roman churches
What was the purpose of the Crusades?
The lower class fought for their right against the Catholic Church to choose their religion.
They attempted to expand the English Empire
They were designed to take back control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
They sought to convert the entire world to Christianity.
The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
The Pope called for the first crusade when the Seljuk Turks did what?
Controlled Jerusalem and prevented Christians from entering
Attacked the Catholic city of Rome and captured the Pope
Captured the city of Constantinople
Why did so many men volunteer for the Crusades?
they were paid generously
the Church granted forgiveness and salvation to anyone who went or died on the Crusades
Because they were forced to go
because they loved Asia
What was the result of the First Crusade?
The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.
The crusaders were defeated and returned home.
The crusaders never made it to Jerusalem.
Who was the famous King of England that participated in the 3rd Crusade, set up a peace treaty with the Sultan allowed Christians to worship in Jerusalem and set up some Crusader controlled cities in the Middle East?
When was the last Crusader city, Acre, retaken by the muslim empire ending the 200 years of the Crusdades?
mid 700s (750 CE)
late 1200s (1291 CE)
late 1400s (1492 CE)
What was the name of the empire that swept in from the east in the 1200s during the period of the Crusades and defeated the Seljuks, destroyed Baghdad and killed the Sultan?
The Mughals
The Mongols
The Mamluks
The Europeans
Which Islamic empire arose from the region that is now Turkey, and took over much of the Middle East that the Byzantines and the Seljuks had controlled in the 1400s?
Ottoman Empire
Mamluk Empire
Mongol Empire
Safavid Empire
What was the name of the group that was made up of young boys from non-Muslim villages that were educated and trained to fight for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?
The Islamic empire that controlled lands east of the Ottoman Empire during the 1500s and 1600s in what is now modern day Iran?
Mongol
A descendent of Ghengis Khan's established an Islamic empire in India which was called ______ in the 1500s.
Persia
Mughal Empire
Mongol Empire
Ottoman Empire
