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?

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

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

   Use the picture in question 1.

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

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

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

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

   Use the picture in question 3.

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

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

   • 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
   • The Latin empire, since it went on ruling the city until 1261
9. 6.

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

   • Card A and Card C
   • Card A and Card B
   • Card C, by itself
   • Card B and Card C
10. 7.

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

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • 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
    • The three were written by Crusaders on the march
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
    • The routes were Spain and Sicily, not the Crusader states
    • Change Arabic science to Greek poems
    • 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?

    • Change Constantinople to Jerusalem
    • Constantinople was a Christian city, not a Muslim one
    • Keep the note, since it was the city where Saladin ruled
    • Change 1204 to 1099, and keep the rest
14. 10.

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

    Use the picture in question 9.

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