Crusades

Question 1

What were the Crusades

Answer 1

A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims over the control of Jerusalem (Holy Land)

Question 2

Muslims did what

Answer 2

They stopped Christians from visting the Holy Land

Question 3

What caused the crusade

Answer 3

Muslim Turks captured Jeruasalem from the Byzantine Empire

Question 4

What did Pope Urban the third do

Answer 4

He called for the defeat of the Turks returning the Holy Land to the Christians

Question 5

What happened in the first crusade

Answer 5

The peasant army and the knights went the peasants were untrained and didn’t have much equipment, but the knights succeded in capturing Jerusalem but many peasants died

Question 6

What happened in the second Crusade

Answer 6

The Turks got back most of the territory anf King of France and Emperor of Germany sent troops but failed

Question 7

What happened in the third Crusade

Answer 7

Saladin led the Muslim Turks to victory, defeating the Christians

Question 8

What happened in the fourth Crusade

Answer 8

Embarrsesed the Pope since their army looted Christian cities, destroyed Constantinople and killed Christians Byzantines never forgave the Christians

Question 9

The results of the Crusades

Answer 9

Better ships, Fedualism declined Muslim rule holy land and Europeans want to see more of the world and more trading