The Crusades

Question 1

What was a tithe?

Answer 1

A tenth of a person’s wage and possessions

Question 2

What were Doom paintings and what purpose did they serve?

Answer 2

Paintings that explained important concepts in Christianity to the average person who did not speak or understand Latin

Question 3

Where is the Holy Land?

Answer 3

Palestine

Question 4

What is the Holy City?

Answer 4

Jerusalem

Question 5

What is a Saracen?

Answer 5

A Muslim warrior during the Crusades.

Question 6

What did the Muslims call the Europeans?

Answer 6

Franks

Question 7

How many crusades were there?

Answer 7

8

Question 8

How many crusades were won by the Crusaders? Which one was it?

Answer 8

1 crusade, just the first.

Question 9

Who was older: William Rufus or Robert Curthose?

Answer 9

Robert Curthose

Question 10

Who succeeded William I?

Answer 10

William Rufus (William II)

Question 11

Who was the other candidate for the throne?

Answer 11

Robert Curthose

Question 12

What part of the kingdom did William Rufus receive?

Answer 12

England

Question 13

What part of the kingdom did Robert Curthose receive?

Answer 13

The Duchy of Normandy

Question 14

Which brother went on the first Crusade?

Answer 14

Robert Curthose

Question 15

Who invaded Jerusalem that started the Crusades?

Answer 15

The Seljuk Turks

Question 16

Who called people to go on the first Crusade? What year was it when he did so?

Answer 16

Pope Urban II in 1095

Question 17

Name four battles/sieges in the First Crusade.

Answer 17

Siege of Nicaea, Siege of Antioch, Battle of Dorylaeum, Battle of Orontes

Question 18

Who led the Crusaders in the Third Crusade? During what years did he reign?

Answer 18

Richard I of England, ruled 1189-1199

Question 19

Who led the Saracens in the Third Crusade? During what years did he reign?

Answer 19

Saladin, ruled 1137-1193

Question 20

Which Third Crusade leader was kinder and more merciful?

Answer 20

Saladin