Answer: A. He was the first to travel to North America and claim it for Italy.
Explanation: Thats where the name America came from(amerigo)
D - It ran from Maryland to Illinois and was made using macadam construction.
Began in 1811 in Maryland the US Nationa Road ran 63 miles to the capital of Illinois at the time (Vandalia). It's also known as the Cumberland Turnpike and the National Turnpike.
Answer:
It increased demand for shipping and railway transportation.
Explanation:
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was famously referred to as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. This Act was enacted by the 84th US Congress on the 29th of June, 1956 and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The effect of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 include the following;
I. It was used to fund over 41,000 miles of interstate highways in the United States of America.
II. It enabled a faster means of transportation across the United States of America.
III. Freeways were significantly added to cities and as a result of this, it encouraged the growth of suburbs.
Mediterranean and Africa, such as the silk road and other trade routes to Africa and other Arabian areas.