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Reading Questions 10.2: The Crusades (p. 265)
Big Idea:
The Christian and Muslim cultures fought over holy sites during a series
of medieval wars.
CRUSADERS INVADE THE HOLY LAND
Causes of the Crusades
1. Explain two different factors that led to the Crusades. ____________________________________________
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The Call to Arms
2. Explain how the pope was important in convincing men to fight in the Crusades. What was the rallying cry
of the Crusaders? ___________________________________________________________________________
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3. What were three different reasons for people to join the Crusades? _________________________________
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The First Crusade
4. Who were some of the first people to set out on the first Crusade? Explain what they did and what happened
to them. __________________________________________________________________________________
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5. What was the overall outcome of the first Crusade? _____________________________________________
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LATER CRUSADES FAIL
The Second and Third Crusades
6. Who were King Richard I and Saladin? Use the information in the “Biography” sections of pages 266 and
267 to describe these men.
a. Richard I: _______________________________________________________________________________
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b. Saladin: ________________________________________________________________________________
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The End of the Crusades
7. What were four different reasons for the failure of the Crusades?
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CRUSADES CHANGE EUROPE
8. Explain how the Crusades affected trade. ______________________________________________________
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9. Explain how the Crusades affected Christian and Muslim relationships. _____________________________
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Reading Questions 10.4:
Political and Social Change (p. 269)
Big Idea:
Europe’s political and social systems underwent great changes in the late
Middle Ages.
MAGNA CARTA CAUSES CHANGE IN ENGLAND
1. What is the Magna Carta, when was it signed, what was it supposed to do? ___________________________
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The Effects of Magna Carta
2. Describe two of the effects of the Magna Carta _________________________________________________
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Changes after Magna Carta
3. Describe two long term changes that were caused by the Magna Carta. ______________________________
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THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR
The Course of the War
4. What was the Hundred Years’ War? Why did it begin? __________________________________________
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5. Who was Joan of Arc? What affect did she have on the Hundred Years’ War? ________________________
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Results of the War
6. Explain the Changes that the war had on the governments of France and England:
England: ____________________________________________________________________________
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France: _____________________________________________________________________________
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THE BLACK DEATH
7. What was the Black Death and when did it arrive in Europe? ______________________________________
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8. What was the result of the rapid deaths of 25 million people? ______________________________________
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HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: THE BLACK DEATH (p.280)
9. Examine this diagram closely. How did the Black Death reach Europe and what helped it to spread within
Europe? __________________________________________________________________________________
Reading Questions 10.4:
Big Idea:
Political and Social Change (p. 269)
Europe’s political and social systems underwent great changes in the late
Middle Ages.
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