A BRIEF LOOK AT THE CRUSADES: AUSVELS LEVELS 7 & 8 Student work sheet.

AUSVELS LEVEL 7 and 8:

Questions:

  1. What does the word ‘crusade’ mean?
  2. In what region of the world is the ‘Holy Land’? Why was this region called the ‘Holy Land’ by some? What modern country is much of the ‘Holy Land’ a part of today?
  3. Identify the two major religious groups who fought each other during the Crusades and briefly describe the belief systems?
  4. Why did the Crusades start in the first place?
  5. When did the city of Jerusalem first fall the Christian Crusaders and when did the Muslim forces take control over Jerusalem from the Christians?
  6. Identify two ways in which the Christian Crusaders travelled to the ‘Holy Land’ from Europe? Explain three of the possible problems Crusaders faced on their journey to the ‘holy Land’?
  7. Research who both Sultan Saladin and Richard I of England were and explain their rivalry within one to two paragraphs of no less than six sentences per paragraph…
  8. Who was Robert ‘The Bruce’ and in which crusading region was his heart taken to? Briefly identify two things this event can tell you about the Crusades?

PICTURE ANALYSIS:


(Google Images, Looklex.com, accessed 9/6/14)

Questions:

  1. List and briefly explain three things the first image can tell you about the Muslim soldiers who fought during the Crusades?
  2. List and briefly explain three things the first image can tell you about the Christian soldiers who fought during the Crusades?
  3. List and briefly explain both one advantage and one disadvantage that the Muslim soldiers might have faced during the Crusades?
  4. List and briefly explain both one advantage and one disadvantage that the Christian soldiers might have faced during the Crusades?
  5. Why should these sources not be the only sources of evidence used by you if you were to write a report or essay about the Crusades?