7th; The Crusades

Question 1

The Crusades

Answer 1

Series of Holy Wars between Muslims and Christians; fighting for The Holy Land, also known as Jerusalem.

Question 2

Pope Urban II

Answer 2

Leader of The Roman Catholic Church during The Crusades; initiated The First Crusade

Question 3

General Saladin

Answer 3

Muslim who united all the Muslim states to capture Jerusalem; succeeded and eventually agreed to a truce

Question 4

King Richard the Lionhearted

Answer 4

King of England during The Crusades; fought in battles and agreed to a truce with General Saladin

Question 5

The Middle Ages

Answer 5

5th-Late 15th Centuries; period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance/Age of Exploration

Question 6

The Byzantine Empire

Answer 6

Began as eastern portion of the Roman Empire, part of Europe and western Asia, Greece. Allied with the Roman Catholic Church during the Crusades because it did not have resources to push the Muslim Turks back

Question 7

The Holy Roman Empire

Answer 7

Loose alliance of countries (mostly present day Germany) with Pope as the spiritual head; allied with the Roman Catholic Church during the Crusades

Question 8

The Holy Land

Answer 8

Jerusalem, Israel - central to the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths

Question 9

Jerusalem

Answer 9

Sacred city of Christians, Muslims, and Jews - Jesus Christ preached and died here; focus of The Crusades

Question 10

What was Pope Urban II’s hope for The Crusades?

Answer 10

He had hoped to rule over all of Christianity.

Question 11

Were The Crusades affective?

Answer 11

No because Crusaders never really were able to conquer more land.

Question 12

In the end, who captured The Holy Land?

Answer 12

Muslim Turks