Crusades

Question 0

Alexius I

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Emperor of the Byzantine empire during the launch f the crusades who asked pope urban ii for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslim Turks

Question 1

Holy land

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Jerusalem and other places in Palestine where Christians believed Jesus lived and preached

Question 2

Urban ii

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Pope of Rome durning. The launch of the crusades who sent Christian knights of the western empire to fight against Muslim Turks invading the east.

Question 3

Saladin

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Sarah al-din, the Muslim leader who retook Jerusalem from the Christians. He reopened Jerusalem to Christian pilgrimages because he saw its importance to them.

Question 4

Marco Polo

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A Venetian who set out to China in 1271 and returned to Venice many years later to write about the wonders of Chinese civilization.

Question 5

Reconquista

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A campaign by European Christians to drive the Muslims from present day Spain in the 1400s

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, their marriage unified the state of Spain and drove the Muslim forces out of Granada,completing the reconquista. Imposed unity on their diverse people by expelling non-Christians from Spain with the support of the inquisition. They launched a brutal crusade and lost over 150,000 people

Question 7

Inquisition

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A church court set up to try to rid people of heresy

Question 8

Joan of arc

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In 1429, A 17- year old peasant woman, who told King Charles VII that god had sent her to save France. She was authorized to lead an army against the English. She had won many battles but was taken captive by English allies and was tried for witchcraft, and burned at the stake. Later declared a saint.

Question 9

Hundred year war

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War fought between England and France, between the years 1337 and 1453

Question 10

Inflation

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Economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available

Question 11

Black Death

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An epidemic of the bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the 1300. Killing one in three people

Question 12

Epidemic

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Outbreak of a rapid spreading disease

Question 13

Longbow and cannon

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Longbows are weapons used by the English, they are 6 foot long boat that could rapidly fire arrows with enough force to appear most armor, and cannons are weapons used by the French that could Smash castle walls