Question

Social, scientific, and environmental factors affected roadway technology throughout history. Based on your research, which of these factors likely had the greatest influence? Cite evidence based on what you have read in this lesson, to support your claim.

Answer 1

Japan’s mountainous terrain has led to a clustering of large populations along the coastline, often around seaports. This greater concentration of people along the coasts makes public transportation in the form of metro trains more efficient than roadways. Roads would clog up with cars in a city like Tokyo if people drove themselves to and from work or school each day. According to the article, Japan has no fossil fuels to operate cars, so a more efficient transportation vehicle, like a train, was needed to use natural resources wisely. Also, crowded roadways have led to car accidents, encouraging more people to use the safer transportation option of trains.

Step-by-step explanation:

it's the exact answer in Edmentum/Plato

Answer 2

I think it is the dirt road because unlike highways, you can get in car accidents, and hurt your self but unlike the highway, on the dirt road you can ride horses walk to your destination and acknowledge the beauty of the nature, and they were easy to make and maintain.My text evidence is, in the passage it says theses paths originally designed for traveling on foot, which means that you can look at nature and stuff like that, and it said that they were easy to make unlike highways which are harder to make.