Chaper 10
How many years passed from the first serious Muslim threat to Constantinople until the city finally fell to Muslim conquerors?
Answer: 358 years (from 1095 when Seljuk Turks were 100 miles away to 1453, the Fall of Constantinople)
What was the worry Christians had as a result of the event in the headline below? Seljuk Turks Take Jerusalem! Dateline: Palestine 1076
Answer: Christians could no longer travel safely to the Holy Land.
What do the products listed below have in common? • cotton • melons • apricots • pepper
Answer: Crusaders brought them back to Europe from the Middle East.
How did Salah al-Din change conditions in the Middle East?
Answer: He re-conquered most of Palestine, united Muslims with his leadership
. Why is Jerusalem holy to Muslims?
Answer: Muhammad rose to heaven there.
Which group conquered the Byzantine Empire?
Answer: Ottomans
What was the location of the Reconquista?
Answer: Spain / Iberian Peninsula
What event in 1095 led Pope Urban II to call Christians to a religious war?
Answer: The Byzantine emperor asked for help when Seljuk Turks invaded.
Which other event on the timeline occurred during the last group of Crusades?
Answer: The Jews were expelled from England.
What was one long-term result of the Mongol conquest of Muslim lands?
Answer: The Mongols converted to Islam.
Which statement describes the effect of the Crusades on Jews?
Answer: They were persecuted throughout Europe.
How did the Crusades make European monarchs stronger?
Answer: by taking nobles away to fight
The Mughal Empire carried Islam to
Answer: most of India.
Unlike the first three Crusades, some later Crusades were primarily movements of what kinds of people?
Answer: poor people and children.
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain used the Inquisition against Muslims and Jews who had become Christian. What did it accuse them of doing?
Answer: practicing their old religion
What did Muslims lose as a result of the Reconquista?
Answer: their land in Spain
What was the overall purpose of the Christians in the Crusades?
Answer: to gain control of Palestine
Who set up Christian Crusader kingdoms in Palestine and Syria in the early 1100s?
Answer: winners of the First Crusade
Genghis Khan's successors fought with Muslims in the Middle East. Which events on the timeline show a success and a failure of theirs in this conflict?
Success of Genghis Khan's successors: Event: Success: Mongols destroy Baghdad, Date: 1258 Failure of Genghis Khan's successors: Event: Failure: Mongols stopped by Mamluks in Palestine Date: 1260