The Crusades: causes and the first expeditions
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the four groups of crusaders and their aims.
Peasants — a better life; knights — land and fame; merchants — profit; church — influence.
2
Reflect on the capture of Jerusalem: why did such massacres arouse hatred? Write 3 sentences.
Sample: innocent people were killed and homes plundered, which destroyed the local people’s trust.
3
Write the names and tasks of the three orders.
Hospitallers, Templars, Teutonic Order: protecting pilgrims and warfare.
4
Find on a map the routes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Crusades.
From Europe via Constantinople or by sea to Syria–Palestine.