Krakauer<span> is hoping to find clues that will help explain why Chris stayed on the </span>bus<span> rather than finding a way to save himself.</span>
They are germany, italy and japan.
The poor standing of Leopold the 2nd is most probably attributed to the role he had in the extermination of huge amounts of people in Belgian colonies at the time. This wasn't known at the time, but today we known that Leopold the 2nd had ordered a genocide over the Congonese people.
the word is Media Saeculorum
The road connected Ohio with the east is the National Road.
Hope this helps :)