Crusades

Front

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

Back

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

Front

The First Crusade got started when the Seljuk Turks did what?

Back

Made it dangerous for Christians to go to Jerusalem

Front

Why did people join in fighting in the Crusades?

Back

Knights liked to fight and fighting in the Crusades was not a sin; They thought it would help them get into heaven; They wanted to retake the Holy Land from Muslims.

Answer explanation

Also, people could keep what they plundered. This made some others interested in going.

Front

Why was the First Crusade the most successful?

Back

The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.

Front

The crusaders were from...?

Back

throughout Western Europe

Front

A pilgrimage is....

Back

a journey to a sacred place

Front

The Crusades closed trade routes between the Muslim East and Christian West.

Back

False

Front

What group's conquest of Jerusalem caused the start of the Crusades?

Back

Seljuk Turks

Front

Muslim scholars in the Middle East preserved ancient __________ and ___________ knowledge that had been lost in Europe.

Back

Greek and Roman