Answer:
expansion or growth. This could be wrong, but thats my take from it.
Explanation:
It should be C. sorry if im wrong :(.
The modern period can be counted from around 1500 AD.
Most of the missionary work in this time, especially in the early years, was violent and directly connected to colonialism. For example, the missionaries in Mexico did not initially agree that the pagans had souls and were not protecting them from violence from the state. A lot of missionary work (in Mexico too) was state-sponsored and state-imposed, as the colonial powers saw it as increasing their status among other countries.
The Crusades were a Military expedition that was led by the Christians to claim the Holy Land from the Muslims there were three Crusades the Christians only won one of the battles so the Muslims took the Holy Land.
