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They were responding to the Black Death, which had made their old trade routes too dangerous to use.
First D. Then C. Then B. Then A.
"<span>(B)Often money cannot be borrowed quickly and easily during an emergency" is the best answer, but another reason is that loans are charged interest, while savings are not. </span>
In the east where Germany looked for "living space", it was important to destroy the land's inhabitants completely. People who belong to the ethnic groups including the Jews were to be eliminated<span> with a small percentage left to work the land for the benefit of the German resettlements that were to arrive later. Furthermore</span>, many of the Soviet communist founding members were Jewish until Stalin started his own purge later against the Jews to eradicate them from the party. Also, the war in the East against the Soviet Union was a war of political ideologies in which the Jews were closely connected to<span> Communism.</span> Thus, the term "Judeo Bolshevism" was coined. In the West, the war started because Great Britain and France declared war against Germany when they<span> attacked on Poland</span>. T<span>hese two nations gave Poland assurances against German aggression. </span>Furthermore,<span> in nations</span> like Norway, it was well noted that Jews had their place in society the same <span>to every other members of those societies. Therefore, the governments tended to resist Hitler's call for their Jews. </span>Even though he gave in <span>later, </span>Vidkun<span> Quisling made it known on record their positive sentiments towards</span> the <span>Norwegian Jews. The same </span>thing happened <span>under the Vichy government in France. Pierre Laval </span>objected<span>, but </span>frequently <span>limited the number of Jews </span>that were <span>sent to Germany. Many of those sent were working in Germany industry for the war effort. A great number did manage to enter the death and concentration camps. </span>A similar protests happened in <span>Denmark. An Interestingly fact during the war was that many Jews </span>escaped to Fascist Spain and found a sanctuary there. <span> </span>
