Impact of the Crusades

Which is the best description of the city of Constantinople at the time of the First Crusade?

Constantinople was a Christian city from which the Crusaders marched on Jerusalem.

The Crusades were military expeditions undertaken by

European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims.

What compromise ended the Third Crusade?

Muslims continued to rule Jerusalem, but they allowed Christian pilgrims free access to the city.

Feudalism declined during the Crusades because

many knights lost their lives and fortunes in battle.

Which event took place during the Fourth Crusade?

The Crusaders attacked Constantinople.

The Crusaders considered the journey to Jerusalem to be a kind of pilgrimage because participants would

earn forgiveness for their sins.

The Catholic Church considered a heretic to be anyone who

held religious ideas rejected by Church authorities.

What was an effect of the Crusades on the Muslim world?

The Crusades increased Muslims' distrust of Europeans.

In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, popes called for crusades against

any groups they thought threatened Catholicism.

After the Fourth Crusade, support among Europeans for the Crusades

began to decline.

Who was Saladin?

the Muslim general who ruled Jerusalem during the Third Crusade

After the fall of the Roman Empire, who took the lead in providing services to people throughout Europe?

the Roman Catholic Church

What was the Reconquista?

the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain

The city of Jerusalem was significant to European Christians because it was

the place where Jesus was crucified.

Which of these was a goal of the First Crusade?

to halt the spread of Muslim rule