Crusades

Question 1

What year did the crusades begin?

Answer 1

1096

Question 2

What were the crusades fighting over?

Answer 2

Control of the holy land.

Question 3

Why did people volunteer to fight in the crusades?

Answer 3

To save their soul
To get treasure
For land
For adventure

Question 4

What agreement was made during the third crusade?

Answer 4

An agreement between Saladin and King Richard the Lion heart said that Christians could come and go through Jerusalem on pilgrimages.

Question 5

What was different about the 4th crusade?

Answer 5

The crusaders never got to the Holy Land and the pope excommunicated them.

Question 6

Why did the Christians loose the crusades?

Answer 6

Long distance
The desert heat and sun killed the soldiers
Not prepared
Out Numbered.

Question 7

What was the effect of the crusades?

Answer 7

Trade between Europe and Asia grew
Cultural diffusion
Kings power increased
Tensions grew between Christianity and other religions.

Question 8

Who owns the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 8

The pope

Question 9

Who first called for the crusades?

Answer 9

Pope urban II.

Question 10

During the the third crusade, who lead the Muslims and who lead the Christians?

Answer 10

Saladin-muslims

King Richard III- Christians.

Question 11

What were the crusades?

Answer 11

A long series of wars between the Christians and Muslims.

Question 12

What happened during the 1st crusade?

Answer 12

Pope Urban contacted Emperor Alexsis and they teamed up and took 5000 crusaders to Jerusalem. The peasants failed and attacked the Jews, the Knights won it for the Christians. But the Muslims took it back 50 years later

Question 13

Why did Christians win the first crusade?

Answer 13

The Muslim army was distracted.

Question 14

Who won the second crusade?

Answer 14

Muslims.

Question 15

Who were the important people in the 3rd crusade?

Answer 15

King Richard and Saladin

Question 16

What happened during the 3rd crusade?

Answer 16

The rulers of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire wanted to team up, but all either died or left except for King Richard who respected Saladin and made a treaty.

Question 17

Who was important in the fourth crusade?

Answer 17

Pope innocent.

Question 18

What happened during the fourth crusade?

Answer 18

The crusaders were going to sail into the Holy Land, but didn’t have enough money for ships. So they contacted Venice who said they would give them ships in exchange of Zara, which was Christian territory. The Knights killed everyone there and took it for Venice. Venice then told them that they couldn’t have any ships and the Knights were excommunicated by the pope.

Question 19

Who was important in the children’s crusade?

Answer 19

Stephan of Cloyes.

Question 20

True or false, the children’s crusade was a real crusade?

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Why wasn’t it the children’s crusade a real crusade?

Answer 21

It was never called for by the pope.

Question 22

What happened durning the children’s crusade?

Answer 22

30,000 kids followed Stephan who was all of 12 to the Mediterranean. Stephan had told them that through their faith in God, the sea would part for them. When it didn’t, they boarded 7 boats, 5 of which sank and the others were captured by pirates.

Question 23

How many crusades were there?

Answer 23

8

Question 24

How long did the crusades last?

Answer 24

200 years.