Studies Weekly Crusades Bring Change

Elijah and Oliver are playing a history quiz game. Hannah asks them: 'What kind of conflict were the Crusades?' Can you help them answer?

• religious

• territorial

• a power struggle between two queens

During what time period did the Crusades take place?

• The Middle Ages

• The Dark Ages

• The Renaissance

• Modern Era

Who sent the Crusaders out to retake the Holy Land?

• The Catholic Church

• The Lutheran Church

• The Southern Baptist Church

• The king of Germany

Why did Pope Urban II send the first crusaders out?

• to reclaim the Holy Land

• to stop the invasions of the Vikings

• to stop invasions from the sea into the Holy Roman Empire

• to retake the Middle East from Alexander the Great

When did the first crusade begin?

• 1096 CE

• 1097 BCE

• 1095 CE

• 1096 BCE

Which of the following were results of the First Crusade?

• The Christians massacred Jews and Muslims

• The Crusaders created four states

• Genoa and Venice became prosperous because of the trade with the Crusader states

• The Christians were kicked out of the Holy Land

• No Christians were allowed in the Holy Land for 100 years

Why didn't the Muslims do much at first about their defeat in the First Crusade?

• they were fighting amongst themselves

• they didn't care

• they felt powerless to make a comeback

• they just decided to move to a new place

Who was Imad ad-Din Zengi?

• a Muslim leader who reunited the Muslims

• a Muslim king who encouraged peace with the Christians

• a governor of one of the Crusader states

• the Pope's right-hand man

When Imad ad-Din Zengi began retaking territory from the Crusader states, Pope Eugenius III began

• The Second Crusade

• The Third Crusade

• The Fourth Crusade

• The final Crusade

How did the Christians fail in the second crusade?

• The French and German armies failed to win any victories

• The Muslims retook all of the Crusader states

• The Muslims massacred most of the Christians

• the Jews defeated the Muslims at Jerusalem