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The European Crusades

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Note from the author:
To be used just after Middle Ages Formative but before Unit 5 Assessment.
Learning Intention:
I am learning about how the crusades started the irreversible decline in Feudalism.
Success Criteria:
I can discuss the causes and course of the First through Fourth Crusades.
I know how the crusades affected on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe.
Find the 4 World's Sheet you were already given or ask for another one.
It should already be titled "Europe in the Middle Ages".
If you haven't already, flip to the blank side and title it "The European Crusades".
Write your name and period as well. Date optional.
If you run out of space ask for another 4 Worlds Sheet.
Rubric (How you will be graded for the 4 Worlds.)
4 - I filled all 4 boxes with relevant notes, drawings, vocabulary, big ideas, and connected them together.
3 - I filled the equivalent of 3 boxes.
2 - I filled the equivalent of 2 boxes.
1 - I filled the equivalent of a box.
0 - I did not fill any boxes.
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7

Using the above two maps of the crusades during the Middle Ages match below...

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Byzantine Empire
Half-Catholic Half-Muslim
Anatolia
Catholic Christian
Jerusalem
Orthodox Christian
Russia
The city of Constantinople was a major crusader staging point.
Spain (Iberia)
Was a Muslim Caliphate.
Egypt
Half-Orthodox Half-Muslim
France
The goal of the crusades.
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6

While both the People's and Nobles' Crusade occurred at roughly the same time, together becoming the First Crusade, they had notable differences. What were those differences?

  • Skilled.
  • Made of peasants.
  • Untrained.
  • Made of nobles and knights.
  • Sought salvation in the Holy Land.
  • Sought adventure, wealth, and titles.
  • People's Crusade
  • Nobles' Crusade
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3

Claim: The First Crusade was the only successful crusade.
Select three reasons below that support this claim.

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1

Using the second map and the above reading, what was the outcome of the Second Crusade?

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1

Using the second map and the above reading, what was the outcome of the Third Crusade?

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Using the second map and the above reading, what was the outcome of the Fourth Crusade?

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4

Use the map featured left to organize the following events below.

  1. Approximately 1,000 years ago, the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) was a largely Muslim land.
  2. In the year 1000, Catholic Christian forces advanced into the Northern Iberian peninsula. This crusade was called the Reconquista. It was called this because the land was loosely Christian prior to Islam. Therefore it was a re-conquest for Christ.
  3. The Reconquista was bloody. Christians warriors often killed Muslims and Jewish civilians indiscriminately. The world lost one of it's greatest centers of learning when the Muslim capital city of Cordoba was sacked.
  4. By 1492, the Muslims had been pushed to the very tip of the Iberian peninsula. The Kingdom of Castile declared the Reconquista victorious and began the Spanish Inquisition to remove the kingdom of Muslims and Jews.
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1

The crusades helped to advanced technological progress in Europe.

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1

The crusades made people in Europe more tolerant of others.

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1

The crusades encouraged Europeans to trade with the East.

Before answering question 10, we will have a Scavenger Hunt!
Each table group has a baggy filled with yellow "belief" cards.
These cards describe what the crusaders said they believed in.
Each table group has a baggy filled with white "action" cards.
These cards describe behaviors the crusaders did while on crusade.
Each table group will be given three minutes to connect beliefs and actions that seem to contradict, that is go against, each other.
At the end of the three minutes table groups will be called on to report at least one contradiction another table group has not.
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4

Do you see any inherent contradictions in the life of a crusader? Answer in at least 4 sentences.
A contradiction is something (as a statement) that is the opposite of or is much different from something else.
Usually it doesn’t feel right.
Example: A kid tells their mom their really hungry, say’s the liked their mothers cooking, then only eats one bite and throws the rest away.

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2

Saladin’s behavior toward Richard the Lionheart was considered “true chivalry” by people of the time.
What is YOUR opinion of his actions? Answer in at least two sentences.
Example: I think he was kind, honest, honorable, stupid, etc.
I think this because ...

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2

A hypocrite as defined by Merriam Webster is:
1: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2: a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings
Using one or both of these definitions, in your opinion were the crusaders hypocrites? Why?

Title a separate piece of lined paper "Study Guide".
On the left number 1 through 7.
On the right answer the Check Your Knowledge questions.
To avoid having to write a lot, instead of writing the question format your answer to include the question.
For Example:
Instead of writing
6. ┃ What is the importance of the city of Jerusalem?
just write
6. ┃ Jerusalem is important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It is a holy site pilgrims from all three religions travel to.