Answer:
water/ocean the closer you were it was easier for merchants and trades to go from (Europe I'm guessing) to the New World (also guessing) also good farm land to plant crops for food (the south was popular because it didn't get too cold in the winter and the soil was good/fertile and not rocky)
This quote would most likely come out of a textbook that could be related to people who would support social darwinism. For that reason 3. Social Darwinism is the correct answer.
Social Darwinism talks exactly about this type of things where people and whole nations are in the struggle for survival and only the fittest ones will survive in this ongoing struggle.
Babylon, Perseoplis, and Susa.
Answer: pony express
Explanation:
they were the most usefull way