Answer:Emperor Ashoka the Great (sometimes spelt Aśoka) lived from 304 to 232 BCE and was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire, the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent and one of the world's largest empires at its time. He ruled form 268 BCE to 232 BCE and became a model of kingship in the Buddhist tradition.
In 1918 H1N1 Or "The Spanish Flu" emerged and was extremely contagious. It was a Novel Virus just as SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus) is. Within months H1N1 spread to almost every country on the planet and was considered a Pandemic. The reason it was called "The Spanish Flu" is because Spain was the only country to report this in their news media. similar to what china tried to do by not reporting about the virus at first. The reason the 1918 was so deadly was because it emerged right as World War 1 ended and soldiers where moving all across the planet to return from the war to their home country which made the virus spread like wildfire and now with SARS-CoV-2 millions of people travel to the other side of the planet within hours daily which made it spread so fast.
Statements C and D are correct.
In America, the development of canals helped lead to the increase in population for several towns/cities that were very seldom settled before. A perfect example of this would be the development of the Erie Canal in New York. Thanks to the Erie Canal, several cities population grew immensely during this time (like Utica, Rochester, and Albany).
Along with this, connecting canals with other waterways made for convenient way of shipping goods and materials. This reduced the cost of shipping goods, making for lower prices for American consumers.
