Select all that apply. From your understanding, what is true about the Crusades:

a. They began when Pope Urban II was attacked by Muslims in the Holy Land.
b. The name comes from the word crucify.
c. They lasted for more than 200 years.
d. They focused on what was a pilgrimage site for both Christians and Muslims.
e. Jerusalem was captured in the First Crusade.

Which best explains why the allies employed the europe first strategy during world war ii? a. japan was a greater threat than germany to the allies. b. japan received military assistance from germany, so the allies needed to defeat germany first. c. the allies wanted to ensure that germany did not continue to conquer european territory. d. the allies needed japan’s vast stockpile of weapons to defeat germany.