Vocab 1
A journey undertaken for a religious purpose.
What is a pilgrimage?
Something that a group of people believe in.
What is a cause?
He urged Christians to free the shrines of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Who is Pope Urban II?
The act of taking control of a country, area, or group by using force or war.
What is conquest?
To change from one belief or religion to another,
What is to convert?
Someone who participated in religious wars during the Middle Ages in which Christians from Europe attempted to take back the Holy Land and other territories from Muslims in the Middle East
What is a crusader?
The Byzantine emperor who asked for pope’s help in recapturing the Holy Land.
Who is Alexius I?
In 1453, the Ottoman Turks succeeded in capturing this city.
What is Constantinople?
A person who does not follow the ideas of a religion.
What is a heretic?
Someone who does not believe in a certain religion or rejects its teachings.
What is an infidel?
King Richard led the Crusaders in the Third Crusade. He was also called this name.
Who is Richard the Lionhearted?
This person contributed much to the medical field and wrote a book called the Canon of Medicine.
Who is Ibn Sina?
Related to religion; holy.
What is sacred?
To think quietly or carefully about something.
What is to meditate?
Muslims had control of Jerusalem, known as this.
What is the Holy Land?
Muslim Seljuk Turks were conquering parts of the this empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The act of planning and directing the movement of a ship, plane, or other vehicle.
What is navigation?
A person whose job is copying written information.
What is a scribe?
Muslims called this name were conquering parts of the Byzantine Empire and the emperor wanted help turning them back.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
The Muslims were led in the Third Crusade by this ruler of Egypt and Syria.
Who is Saladin?