Which of the following describes a major cause of the rise in islamic fundamentalism during the cold war? a. middle eastern muslim countries experienced an economic crisis as their oil reserves were depleted. b. the soviet union funded and armed muslim militias known as the mujahideen to fight american troops. c. israel defeated a group of arab states in a war and took control of territory with large muslim populations. d. popular protests broke out against authoritarian regimes in northern africa and the middle east.

C.            Israel defeated a group of Arab states in a war and took control of territory with large Muslim populations.

This resulted in the Palestine-Israel conflict that persists to date. Palestine wants to establish a state by that name on all or part of the same land while Israel maintains claim on the land.

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.

the first two years of american revolution was not very encouraging for the patriots since the british were far superior in sea power, arms and troops.