Crusades Basics
What were the Crusades?
Religious and military campaigns mainly in the Middle East.
Which Pope gave a speech in 1095?
Pope Urban II
What does “Renaissance” mean?
“Rebirth”
The Bubonic Plague is also called what?
“The Black Death.”
Name all 4 Crusader States.
Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli, Jerusalem
This Korean Netflix series about deadly children’s games became the platform’s most-watched show ever.
Squid Games.
What main city did Christians want to reclaim?
Jerusalem
Who led the People’s Crusade?
Peter the Hermit
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg.
Name 2 symptoms given to you by the Bubonic Plague.
Swollen lymph nodes, vomiting blood, death within a week, fever.
What city was captured in 1191?
Acre
The short-video app that took over the world around 2020.
Tik-Tok.
What promise did Christians get if they fought in the Crusades?
Forgiveness of sins/entry into Heaven.
Name the three main leaders of the Third Crusade.
Richard the Lionheart, Philip II of France, Frederick Barbarossa
What three things did people want to revive during the Renaissance?
Classical culture/Greek-Roman culture, education, and art.
What percentage of Europe died from the Bubonic Plague?
60%
What city was captured in 1204?
Constantinople
The movie that made everything pink in 2023.
Barbie.
What empire asked for help against the Seljuks?
The Byzantine Empire.
In what year did Saladin take Jerusalem?
1187
Define Humanism.
The belief that the quality of life on Earth can be improved by studying the classics; Human beings matter.
How did the plague actually spread?
Fleas on rats that were brought from trade ships.
What is Heliocentrism?
The belief that the sun is at the center of the universe.
The brain-rot word kids say instead of “bad” or “crazy.”
"Skibidi."
Who specifically wanted land in the Middle East?
Western Christian Knights.
Who theorized that the sun is at the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
What style of art rose during the Renaissance?
Realism
During the Middle Ages, what did people think caused the plague? Name all the theories.
Bad air/“Miasma,” poisoned wells by Jews, Wrath of God/God’s punishment.
Geocentrism is what?
The belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe.
This movie competed with "Barbie." It was a movie about the atom bomb.
"Oppenheimer."