Crusades
What was control of the Holy Land (Jerusalem)?
The main religious goal of the Crusades
What is cultural exchange?
Contact between different cultures
What is pepper?
A spice once used as money
What is Venice (or Florence, Genoa, Milan)?
A powerful Italian trading city
What is humanism?
A movement focused on human potential
What is the Middle East?
Where the Crusades took place
What are medicine, math, astronomy, or trade networks?
One thing Europeans learned from Muslims
What is lack of refrigeration?
Why spices preserved food
What is independent city-states, not one king?
Why Italy wasn’t unified
Who is Michelangelo?
An artist funded by the Medici
What is cultural and economic exchange, not military success?
The real impact of the Crusades
What is trade routes spreading ideas and technology?
How ideas moved along trade routes
What is rarity, danger of transport, and high demand?
Why pepper was so valuable
What are councils, elected leaders, or merchant families?
How city-states were governed
What is belief in education, reason, and human achievement?
A key belief of humanism
What is increased trade and exposure to new ideas?
One unintended result of the Crusades
What is competition over resources or power?
A Muslim contribution to medicine or science
What is higher demand means higher prices?
How demand affects price
What is control of eastern Mediterranean trade routes?
Why Venice beat Genoa
What is realistic human form and individual greatness?
How art reflected new thinking
What is that they reshaped worldviews and global connections?
Why the Crusades matter today
What is misunderstanding or rivalry between cultures?
How cultural exchange can cause conflict
What is the desire for direct access to goods?
Why trade led to exploration
What is banking and trade wealth replacing feudal power?
How banking changed power
What is focus on life on Earth instead of only the afterlife?
How Renaissance thinking differed from Medieval