Question

use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. the expansion of the roman empire helped grow trade. caesar augustus stabilized prices and promoted trade by establishing a common currency. roads helped the economy by dropdown menu with options: increasing tourism, connecting inland areas to water routes, requiring money for maintenance. improvements in incomplete dependent on wheat from e

Explanation:

To determine how roads helped the Roman economy, we analyze the options. Roman roads were built to facilitate trade and movement of goods, people, and military. "Connecting inland areas to water routes" aligns with their purpose of improving transportation for trade (e.g., linking inland regions to rivers/ports for easier goods transport). "Increasing tourism" is anachronistic (tourism as we know it didn’t exist then), and "requiring money for maintenance" is a cost, not a benefit to the economy.

Answer:

connecting inland areas to water routes