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

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

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

   • Venice wanted the city, and nothing else mattered
   • The prince fell, and his payment never came
   • The pope ordered them to take the city
   • The Latin empire needed a new capital
3. 2.

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

   • The sack of Constantinople, and the Latin empire
   • Italian trading quarters, and many chronicles
   • More spices in Europe, and nothing else
   • Translations of Arabic science, made in the Crusader states
4. 3.

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

   Use the picture in question 2.

   • Crusader trade raised demand, along with Europe's own trade growth
   • Arabic science reached Europe mainly through the Crusader states and their ports
   • Spices first reached Europe after 1291, when trade ended
   • The Crusades on their own made Europeans want spices
6. 4.

   Which is the stronger explanation of the 1204 sack, with its reason, Milo asks?

   • Several causes together, since the chain links three of them
   • The Latin empire, since it went on ruling the city until 1261
   • The debt alone, since it is the first box
   • A plan from 1095, since the call came first
7. 5.

   Which effect of 1204 do the chain and note both point to, Noah asks?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • A deeper split between the Western and Eastern churches
   • A quick reunion of the Western and Eastern churches
   • Latin rule over the city that lasted from then to this day
   • The Crusaders' arrival at Jerusalem in 1204
9. 6.

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

   • It must be mistaken about each event and person it describes
   • It was written long after 1291
   • It was written by one of the Crusade's leaders
   • It tells events from the Byzantine side and praises Alexius
10. 7.

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

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Card C is the Byzantine side of the story
    • The three were written by Crusaders on the march
    • They tell the same story in the same words
    • Each tells the Crusades from a different side
11. 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 6.

    • Change Arabic science to Greek poems
    • Keep the note, since the trade chain in box 3 says exactly that
    • The routes were Spain and Sicily, not the Crusader states
    • Change the Crusader states to Constantinople
13. 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
    • Keep the note, since it was the city where Saladin ruled
    • Change Constantinople to Jerusalem
14. 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
    • Change the pope to the leader of Venice
    • Keep the note: the pope had planned the attack
    • The pope was ashamed and rebuked them