How did new scientific knowledge the building of the panama canal? a. fewer workers got sick from malaria and yellow fever. b. radios workers stay in touch with their families. c. better nutrition led to more work being done by laborers. d. airplanes were able to deliver supplies more quickly.

The answer is A.

Fewer workers got sick from malaria and yellow fever.

A. Fewer workers got sick from malaria and yellow fever.

New scientific knowledge helps the building of the Panama canal because there was a reduction in workers who are becoming sick of yellow fever and malaria.  The Chief Medical Officer Colonel Gorgas, was among the first who have learned about the revelations associating with malaria and mosquitoes. Due to those interpretations, he succeeds in abolishing the cause of the disease which could able to decrease the number of workers getting infected.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.