The Crusades

Why did people join in fighting in the Crusades?

• They thought it would help them to practice their fighting skills
• They thought it would help them to get rich
• They thought it would help them to get into heaven
• All of the above

True of False: the majority of the Crusades were very successful in capturing the Holy Land.

• True
• False

What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?

• The Bishop of Constantinople
• Stephen Harding
• The Pope
• Saint Benedict

King Richard I of England, also known as Richard the Lionheart, led the...

• First Crusade.

• Second Crusade.

• Third Crusade.

Medieval Christians feared excommunication because they believed that

• those cast out from the church had to leave their village.

• those cast out from the church would not get into heaven.

• those cast out from the church could not get work.

• those cast out from the church could not own property.

EXCOMMUNICATION happens when:

• The pope stops giving your kingdom money unless you fight holy wars for him.

• The pope "kicks you out" of the church, taking away your chance to go to heaven.

• The pope sends priests and monks to assist a kingdom in feeding and aiding the poor.

• The pope makes the call across all of the church for a Crusade, or holy war.

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

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

• Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

Why was the First Crusade the most successful?

• The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.

• The crusaders took over the Byzantine Empire.

• The crusaders drove the Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula.

The crusaders were from which place?

• throughout Europe

• The Eastern Mediterranean

• The Holy Land

• Spain and Italy

A pilgrimage is....

• a journey to a sacred place

• the government of the Roman Catholic Church

• a series of actions tending toward a particular end