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In which empire did all religious groups live in peace?
The Roman
The Umayyad and Rashidin
The Carolingian
The Seljuk Turk
What is the name for a JOURNEY for RELIGIOUS purposes to a HOLY PLACE.
pilgrimage
Which Muslim group attacked pilgrims and defeated the Byzantine army in 1071?
The Rashidin Empire
The Seljuk Turks
The Caliphate of Córdoba
The Umayyad Dynasty
What was the name of the DIVISION of the CHURCH (into Orthodox & Catholic) in 1054?
The East-West Schism / The Great Schism
In the Middle Ages MOST people believed that ...
the world was coming to an end
Heaven and Hell were real
Christians were the best
Muslims were the best
When the Byzantines were defeated by the Turks in the Battle of Manzikert of 1071, the Byzantine Emperor ...
sat in a dark room and cried
wrote a letter to the Pope to ask for help
hired more soldiers so they would win the next time
called upon the Byzantine people to start the Crusades
Pope Urban II saw the Crusades as an opportunity to reunite...
Jews and Christains
Christians and Muslims
Muslims and Jews
Christendom (Orthodox and Catholic Christians)
SOME historians believe that the Crusades helped to ...
make Jerusalem a safer place for everyone
stop knights and nobles from fighting in their home country
improve the relationship between Christians and Muslims
improve the economy in the West
Many people joined the crusades because they believed that ...
it would be a fun holiday
it would make them rich
it would make them famous
it would help them get into Heaven
Most of the people who participated in the Crusades were...
kings
nobles
peasants
knights
Before the Crusades there was lots of _______ in Western European countries.
internal conflict
discrimination
ice cream
peace
Before the Crusades the Pope and the Byzantine Emperor ...
didn´t have a great relationship
hated each other
didn´t know each other
were best friends
People who went on the Crusades risked many things such as ...
money, possessions, their lives
their ticket into Heaven
going to Hell
getting travel sick
The Crusades were ...
it´s debatable (people don´t agree)
pilgrimages
successful
Holy wars
The Holy Land for Christians is ...
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Rome
Mecca
