Which statement accurately describes a reason for the start of the Crusades? A.
Saladin led a Muslim army in an invasion of Italy and sacked Rome.

B.
Muslim leaders asked westerners to help them protect their centers of learning from attack by barbarians.

C.
The city of Jerusalem had fallen under the control of Jewish extremists.

D.
The Byzantine emperor asked for help from the pope to defend his realm from the Seljuk Turks.

The United States hotly protested Stalin's actions in Poland, East Germany, and the rest of Eastern Europe as a violation of the "one world" principle of the Atlantic Charter and a departure from the agreements reached at Yalta and Potsdam. Aside from pushing for creation of the United Nations, did American policy actually abide by its own principles, or was it just as much based on national self-interest as the Soviet Union's?

The goal of the Soviet policy known as destalinization was toA. deny that Stalin had done what he was believed to have done.
B. try to change the world’s impression of Stalin.
C. purge the country of Stalin’s memory.
D. release satellite nations from political controls imposed by Stalin.

According to the five pillars of Islam a Muslim must take a pilgrimage to what city at least one time in their lifeA. madina
B. Jerusalem
C. Bagdad
D. Mecca

Suppose a less developed country has experienced four decades of central planning, a corrupt government, and years of civil war. What effect would this experience have on the nation’s development?

How does Urbanization and the middle class relate to Industrialization?

On which group will a progressive tax place a greater tax burden?