Vocab
What is monotheism?
Who is Pope Urban II
Which continent did most of the crusading Catholics come from?
Where is Europe?
What area of the world was the main goal and fighting point of the Crusades?
What is the Holy Land?
This branch of Christianity was the most common in Europe throughout the Crusades.
What is Catholic?
An insult meaning to study the wrong religion.
What is an infidel?
Sultan of Egypt who became a very successful leader of Muslim forces throughout the Crusades.
Who is Saladin?
This group initiated the potential of the Crusades by asking European nations for help against the Muslims.
Who is the Byzantine Empire?
This type of soldier wore armor and was at the front lines of the Crusading army.
Who are the knights?
The religion studied by those who are Muslim.
What is Islam?
The study of religion.
What is theology?
Emperor of Germany who drowned in a river attempting to attack the Holy Land.
Who is Emperor Frederick?
German Emperor who was a major leader in the Second Crusade.
Who is Emperor Conrad III?
This Crusade contained a crushing victory for the Christian forces over an under-prepared Muslim population.
What is the First Crusade?
Most of the crusaders in the First Crusade came from this nation.
What is France?
The way of speaking of a particular region.
What is vernacular?
Successfully convinced the leader of the Muslim forces to agree to a peace treaty allowing Christians to enter the holy land following the Third Crusade.
Who is King Richard?
This is the location of Pope Urban II's speech that convinced many to join his holy war.
Where is the Council of Clermont?
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Who are the Muslims?
A title given to Kings in Egypt in the 12th century
What is a Sultan?
After the death of the Muslim leader, he betrayed the peace agreement and launched a Fourth Crusade.
Who is Pope Innocent III?
French King who led the crusaders in the Second Crusade.
Who is King Louie VII?
Of the 50,000 Crusaders that were brought for the Second Crusade, how many perished?
What is 35,000?
The Christians initially took over the Holy Land during the First Crusade in this year.
When is 1099?