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The Crusades - Final Assignment (Answer Key)
The Crusades - Final Assignment (Answer Key)
The Crusades - Final Assignment (Answer Key)
Content
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(2 pt)
A series of military campaign held in the name of God. A holy war, Christendom vs. Islam.
-- When did the Crusades take place? (1 sentence)
(2 pt)
From1096 till 1272.
Religious: in an effort to assert his religious authority amongst the public, Pope Urban II called for the
(6 pt)
Crusades to the Holy Land. All those who decided to go were told they could achieve salvation.
Political: many European territories and monarchies were engaged in competition to increase their
holdings in the Holy Land. Western European powers responded with support from the Catholic Church to
protect Christendom in the Eastern Empire.
Economical: the possibility of gaining access to Islamic markets and trade routes to China would allow
for the introduction of new goods as well as markets to sell European goods.
the cultural and intellectual ideas coming from Islamic lands (such as philosophy, astronomy,
mathematics and science) benefited Europe greatly in its own development;
the introduction of new agricultural and trade goods (such as spices, coffee, granulated sugar, silk
products and cotton textiles) into European markets increased the demand for trade as well as Europe's
economic development;
this cross-cultural exchange of goods and ideas helped shape European society;
it also encouraged further exploration of new lands for trade and expansion of the European empire.
(6 pt)
Form
Vocabulary
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-- Match with the correct synonym (mind you: there 2 words too many)
1. to coexist
2. rampage
3. a conquest
4. a threat
5. salvation
6. crops
7. manor
8. a Baron
9. community
10. commerce
11. to flourish
12. urbanisation
13. catalyst
14. stipends
15. recitation
16. resurrected
17. outcast
18. mutilated
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(16 pt)
(4 pt)
The grading is based on 2 criteria: a) word is used in the right context, b) sentence structured correctly.
Grammar
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(5 pt)
Find the regular verb in each line and write it into the gap
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1 -- Comparative or superlative
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