Question

A CAUSE of the First Crusade was the __________.

Answer 1

The correct answer would be D - conquest of Asia Minor by the Seljuk Turks.

At the time of the First Crusade and before it, the Seljuk turks and other smallers fractions were causing havoc and distress among different populations. Eventually they also started causing distress and killing innocent christians (and conquering different lands in Asia Minor) in larger numbers which eventually led (among other things) to the First Crusade.