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1. What country was Stephen from ? How old was he ?

2. How were the children going to get to the Holy land according to the vision Stephen received ?

3. How had Stephen's parents died?

4. What was the message Stephen spoke to the people who would listen?

5. Where was Nicholas from ? How old was he?

6. What did Nicholas's father encourage him to do ?

7. What vision did Nicholas see ?

8. In Nicholas' message, what new details were added to the promise of success for the
    crusade ?

9. How many children joined Nicholas in Cologne, Germany ?
     How many children joined Stephen in Paris, France?

10. Most children on the crusade belonged to which class of people?

11. Give 2 reasons parents allowed their children to go .

12. By June 1212, how many children had joined Stephen in Vendome, France ?

13. What were the walking sticks called which German children carried ?

14. What 2 things did monks and nuns bring?

15. What was wrong with the food the children received ?
     What was wrong with the water along the way ?

16.What land obstacle did the German children face on their march ?

17. Name 4 problems they had crossing this obstacle.
 
 

18. Why did the German children get attacked by the Italians ?

19. What city opened its arms to the French children and treated them kindly ?

20. What offer did Hugh the Iron & William the Pig make to Stephen and the French children ?

21. How many ships were there ? How many French crusaders went ?

22. What tragedy occurred ?

23. Where did the other ships land ?

24.What happened to the crusaders there ?

25. What happened to the children in Baghdad ?

26. By Aug.1212, how many of Nicholas' German children had died, been enslaved or turned
      back?

27. What generous offer did the leaders of Genoa make to the German children ?

28. Another unknown German leader led his children to the heel of Italy to what city ?

29. What happened to these children ?

30. The man who persuaded Nicholas' children to go home was ________.

31. Why were adults so cruel to the children returning home ?

32. What did children do who did not return home ?

33. How many had joined the children's crusades ? How many had died ?

34. What did an angry mob do to Nicholas' father ?

35. What happened to Hugh the Iron and William the Pig ?