Which of these statements about the crusades is true?
crusaders were welcomed by muslims, who wanted driving the jews from the holy land.
the goal of the four crusades was the recapture the city of jerusalem.
crusaders brought islamic culture, architecture, and medicine back to europe.
trade diminished across europe as fighting destroyed roads and bridges.

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.