A BRIEF LOOK at the CRUSADES: AUSVELS LEVELS 7 & 8 Student Work Sheet
A BRIEF LOOK AT THE CRUSADES: AUSVELS LEVELS 7 & 8 Student work sheet.
AUSVELS LEVEL 7 and 8:
Questions:
- What does the word ‘crusade’ mean?
- 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?
- Identify the two major religious groups who fought each other during the Crusades and briefly describe the belief systems?
- Why did the Crusades start in the first place?
- When did the city of Jerusalem first fall the Christian Crusaders and when did the Muslim forces take control over Jerusalem from the Christians?
- 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’?
- 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…
- 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:
- List and briefly explain three things the first image can tell you about the Muslim soldiers who fought during the Crusades?
- List and briefly explain three things the first image can tell you about the Christian soldiers who fought during the Crusades?
- List and briefly explain both one advantage and one disadvantage that the Muslim soldiers might have faced during the Crusades?
- List and briefly explain both one advantage and one disadvantage that the Christian soldiers might have faced during the Crusades?
- 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?