The Crusades: causes, journeys and what changed in trade and ideas

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   Which two boxes lead into the voyage to Constantinople, Esme asks?

   • The debt to Venice and the prince's offer
   • The debt to Venice, on its own
   • The sack of 1204 and the Latin empire
   • An order from the pope, together with the debt
3. 2.

   Why did the Crusaders turn against the city in 1204, by the chain, Jun asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • The prince fell, and his payment never came
   • Venice wanted the city, and nothing else mattered
   • The Latin empire needed a new capital
   • The pope ordered them to take the city
5. 3.

   What two things came from about 200 years of travel, by the chain, Kira asks?

   • Translations of Arabic science, made in the Crusader states
   • Italian trading quarters, and many chronicles
   • The sack of Constantinople, and the Latin empire
   • More spices in Europe, and nothing else
6. 4.

   Which claim about spices do the chain and note support best, Luz asks?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • Spices first reached Europe after 1291, when trade ended
   • Arabic science reached Europe mainly through the Crusader states and their ports
   • The Crusades on their own made Europeans want spices
   • Crusader trade raised demand, along with Europe's own trade growth
7. 5.

   Card A calls the Alexiad pro-Byzantine. What should a reader keep in mind, Pia asks?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • It was written by one of the Crusade's leaders
   • It was written long after 1291
   • It must be mistaken about each event and person it describes
   • It tells events from the Byzantine side and praises Alexius
8. 6.

   Which two cards come from writers who lived in the East, not western Europe, Ren asks?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • Card A and Card B
   • Card A and Card C
   • Card B and Card C
   • Card C, by itself
9. 7.

   Why read Cards A, B and C together, Tala asks?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • The three were written by Crusaders on the march
   • They tell the same story in the same words
   • Card C is the Byzantine side of the story
   • Each tells the Crusades from a different side
10. 8.

    Zee's note says the Crusades brought Arabic science to Europe through the Crusader states. Which change fixes it?

    Use the picture in question 3.

    • Change the Crusader states to Constantinople
    • Keep the note, since the trade chain in box 3 says exactly that
    • Change Arabic science to Greek poems
    • The routes were Spain and Sicily, not the Crusader states
12. 9.

    Ari's note says the Crusaders took Constantinople, a Muslim city, in 1204. Which change fixes it?

    • Change 1204 to 1099, and keep the rest
    • Constantinople was a Christian city, not a Muslim one
    • Change Constantinople to Jerusalem
    • Keep the note, since it was the city where Saladin ruled
13. 10.

    Bo's note says the pope praised the Crusaders for taking Constantinople. Which change fixes it?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • Change 1204 to 1261 in the note
    • Keep the note: the pope had planned the attack
    • The pope was ashamed and rebuked them
    • Change the pope to the leader of Venice