How Did the Crusades Begin

question 59

Multiple Choice

How did the Crusades begin?

• A)The Byzantines lost control of the Holy Land in 1071 and appealed for help from their fellow Christians in the West.
• B)At the Council of Clermont in France, Pope Urban II appealed for help to defend Eastern Christianity from the Turks.
• C)Dissatisfied with their lot in live, masses of peasants decided to seek a better life in the land where Christ lived dies and rose again.
• D)The Muslim laid siege to Constantinople and the western powers came to their fellow Christians' aid.
• E)Shortly after the final split between Catholics and the Orthodox, the Pope called for a holy war against the heretics.

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