Study guide

How many years passed from the first serious Muslims threat to Constantinople until the city finally fell to Muslim Conquerors

358

What do the products listed bellow have in common •cotton •Melons •apricots • pepper

Crusaders brought them back to Europe from the Middle East

Which other event on the timeline occurred during the last group of Crusades?

Jews were expelled from England

What event in 1095 led pope urban II to call christians to a religious war

Many emperors asked for help.

Why is Jerusalem holy to Muslims?

Muhammad rose to heaven there

Which statement describes the effect of the Crusaders on Jews

They were persecuted throughout Europe

How did the Crusades make European monarchs stronger

by taking nobles away to fight

Unlike the first three Crusades, some later Crusades were primarily movements of

poor people and children

Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain used the Inquisition against Muslims and Jews who had become Christian. What did the inquisition accuse them of doing?

practicing their old religion

What did Muslims lose as a result of the Reconquista

their land in Spain

What was the overall purpose of the Christians in the Crusades?

to gain control of Palestine