Why did thousands of people join the First Crusade?

What will be an ideal response?


The pope's promise of forgiveness of sins for participants; desire to fight for a religious cause; pursuit of riches, glory, and social advancement overseas.

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General Burgoyne's entire army was forced to surrender at the Battle of __________

A) Trenton B) Bunker Hill C) Yorktown D) Saratoga

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Muhammad Ghauth Gwaliori's ___________ tapped sources from Hindu and Muslim astrology, Jewish Kabbala traditions, and Sufi mysticism.

a. The Five Jewels. b. The Baburnama. c. The Hamzanama. d. The Fatehpur Sikri.

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What most closely describes the royal and princely patronage of science during the seventeenth century?

a. It declined greatly. b. It was common only in Italy. c. It became a European-wide phenomenon. d. It replaced funding by the church. e. It was directed only towards pure research.

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What event prompted FDR to announce it was "a date which shall live in infamy"?

A) Pearl Harbor B) D-Day C) the election of 1944 D) Hitler's death

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