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The Castle Builders Article
~Reflection Questions~
Name: ________________________
Period: ______________
Date: ___________
Date Due: ________
Directions: After reading the Article on “The Castle Builders”, please answer the following questions
on a SEPARATE piece of paper. Your answers MUST be in complete sentences.
1. What is the Holy Land?
2. Why is the Holy Land sacred to the following:
(Think of prior knowledge as well as information from the article.)
 Christians
 Jews
 Muslims
3. What was the main reason why the Christians wanted to control the Holy Land?
4. According to this sentence, “The Crusades began with a speech made by Pope Urban II in 1095 at
Clermont in France, where he beseeched the rulers of the West to reclaim the Hold Land for Christianity.”
What does the term beseeched mean in this sentence?
5. Briefly describe how Pope Urban II may have felt asking the rulers for their help.
6. Describe a speech given by a leader in modern times that may have had the same urgency as Pope Urban
II’s speech.
7. What did Pope Urban II promise the Christian people if they went on this Holy campaign?
8. What do you think would be a risk in making this promise given by Pope Urban II?
What could happen?
9. What year did the Christians take over Jerusalem and control the Holy Land?
10. The Byzantine needed Pope Urban II’s help against the Turkish armies. Why would the Muslims be
interested in controlling the Byzantine Empire?
11. Why were the Crusades a profitable business for some people?
12. What does the term primogeniture mean in this sentence? “In medieval Europe, under the law of
primogeniture, the eldest son would inherit all of the lands of his father.”
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13. Why would the second born son of a prominent landowner in Europe gladly participate in the
Crusades?
14. . Describe the type of castle the New Kings of Jerusalem would build and why? Refer to the Montreal
Castle.
15. Explain the type of castle the Lords and Knights of the Crusades would build and why?
16. Explain the types of castles the Knight Templar and Knights Hospitaller would build.
17. The Templars had their headquarters very close to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Using prior
knowledge about the Dome of the Rock and the job description of the Knight Templars, why would this be a
crucial place?
18. Looking at the picture that portrays a gravestone of a Knight Templar. What does it tell you about the
Knight Templar’s role during the Crusades?
19. What did the Muslims call the first Crusaders and why?
20. Name one thing that you found interesting/shocking about the Crusades in this article.
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