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| What were the Crusades and why were they important? | The crusades were a series of wars started by Pope Urban II to put the Holy Land under Christian control. The crusades were important in spreading the more advanced cultures of the east back to the west. |
| What KEY TERM means "a military expedition taken by European Christians to win the Holy Land from the Muslims"? | Crusade |
| What KEY TERM means "one who is an unbeliever in respect to Christianity"? | Infidel |
| How many wars do most historian believe made up "the Crusades"? | Eight |
| The first crusade was called to win back what specific city? | Jerusalem |
| Why did the Christians want to recapture Jerusalem? | Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land were sacred to Christians because Jesus lived and died there. |
| Were the Crusades successful? | Because the expressed purpose of the crusades was to capture the Holy Land and the Christians failed to do so they may be judged as a failure. However, the First Crusade was temporarily successful. |
| What does "Crusader" mean? | To take up the cross |
| What are the approximate dates of the Crusades? | 1096 - 1279 |
| What were Jewish claims to the Holy Land? | Old Testament establishes the Holy Land as given by God to Abraham, site of Solomon's Temple, King David brought the ark and the Torah there. |
| What were Arab claims to the Holy Land? | Koran establishes claim that both the Jews and Arabs are people of Abraham, site of Muhammad's ascension to Heaven. |
| What were Christian claims to the Holy Land? | Site of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, home to the original cross and stone of Christ's tomb, holds a variety of Christian shrines. |
| What would a Christian hope to gain by joining the crusades? | Free the Holy Land, fight for God, forgiveness of sins. |
| What would a peasant/serf hope to gain by joining the crusades? | They would be freed from their feudal oaths. |
| What would a nobleman/lord hope to gain by joining the crusades? | Chance to gain wealth and power and to add to their fortune. |
| What would a knight hope to gain by joining the crusades? | The hope of adventure and the opportunity to demonstrate skills as a fighter. |
| What effect did the crusades have on western civilization? | Improved trade, improved war technology, increased missionary activity, weakened feudalism, opened the world to trade and cultures. |
| What effect did the crusades have on the Jews? | Jews were slaughtered by both sides and a number of Jewish towns were destroyed. |
| What effect did the crusades have on the Muslims? | Tremendous loss of life, hundreds of years of fighting, and a lasting hostility toward Christianity. |
