Question

Look at the map and answer the question

Which statement can be inferred from the information on the map?

A) Spain was the most influential nation in the New World.
B)All the territory in North America and South America had been claimed by European nations.
C)Spain and Great Britain were the only nations that had a conflict over disputed territory.
D) Spain and Russia had the largest territorial claims in North America.

Answer 1

Answer: (B) All the territory in North America and South America had been claimed by European nations.

Explanation: Looking at the map all of the countries that claimed land in North and South America are european.

Answer 2

B. Spain was the most influential power in the new world is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The colonisation of the Americas refers to the establishment of control over the American Continent by the European Naval powers. It began in 1492 when the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. He first reached the northern part of Hispaniola, it was inhabited by Taino people and this site became the first European settlement. Later all the western European nations started to acquire land through conquest and large scale exploration. Spaniards were the first one to build empire in the New World, it controlled the area of Southern USA, Mexico, Meso- America, Argentina and Chile.