The Crusades
What is the holy city that was being fought over?
Three major religious
groups all claimed
Jerusalem, in the land
of Palestine, as their
holy city.
what is another name for the Black Death?
The Bubonic Plague
The Black Plague
The Great Mortality
What two countries fought in the 100 Year war?
France and England
What is the name of the trade route from China to Europe?
The Silk Road
What was the first Monotheistic Religion
Judaism
What three groups claimed this Land?
CHRISTIANS
JEWS
MUSLIMS
Where disease originated from what country?
India
What is the weapon that helped the English win most of the battles?
The Long Bow
What is diffusion?
he spread of ideas, languages and technologies from one area to another.
What is the split of Christianity called?
The Great Schism
In 600 C.E., _______entered the city of
Jerusalem and took control
Muslims
What was the first European Country to come in contact with the Plague?
Italy
What is the name of the French Peasant who help win the war?
Joan of Arc
Who had control of the largest Land Empire in the world?
The Mongols
After the Great Schism Christianity divided into what two branches?
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
220M E.O
1.3B R.C
What were the Crusades?
a series of eight Christian
military expeditions fought against Muslims for
the Holy Lands between the years of 1096 and
1270 C.E.
25M
1/3rd of the population of Europe
How long was the 100 year war?
116
What is the name of the Muslim traveler born in Tangier, Morocco 1304
Ibn Battua
Who is the Prophet of the Muslim Religion?
Muhammad
What are three reasons why people left to to go fight in the Holy War?
Religious convictions
Pope promised forgiveness of sins for anyone who fought in Crusades
Debt would be cancelled
Adventure
Gain personal wealth by claiming riches in Holy Land
The fleas living on the Rats!
In what year did the war start?
1337
Who is the first leader of the Mongols?
For Bonus what who are some of the leaders that came after him?
Genghis khan
Kublai Khan
What is the National Religion of America?