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?

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

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

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

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

   Use the picture in question 2.

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

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

   • The Latin empire, since it went on ruling the city until 1261
   • Several causes together, since the chain links three of them
   • A plan from 1095, since the call came first
   • The debt alone, since it is the first box
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
   • The Crusaders' arrival at Jerusalem in 1204
   • Latin rule over the city that lasted from then to this day
   • A quick reunion of the Western and Eastern churches
9. 6.

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

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

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

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • 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
    • Card C is the Byzantine side of the story
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 the Crusader states to Constantinople
    • Change Arabic science to Greek poems
    • The routes were Spain and Sicily, not the Crusader states
    • Keep the note, since the trade chain in box 3 says exactly that
13. 9.

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

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

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