It is also not accurate to say that neither of these two countries succeeded in gaining power over Europe (e) at this time both were successful in different arenas (France over Western Europe’s land and England over the seas around and related to Europe). However, neither was France overpowered by England (d) at this time, except on the water, and England was not the only power controlling Europe. France never overpowered England nor controlled Europe alone during this period (b).

Hence France and England did not equally control Eastern and Western Europe (a). Since (d) is the correct answer, (e), all of these, is incorrect.Ģ The accurate statement is (c): After wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, France was the dominant power in Western Europe, while England was dominant over the waterways via its powerful navy. England’s colonization is seen in the fact that English is the language in the United States and in the majority of Canada, while France’s colonization is seen in the use of French as the official language of the Canadian province of Québec, and in the widespread use and influence of French in the American state of Louisiana (c). The colonizing of the Netherlands (b) is shown in South America’s sovereign state of Suriname whose language is Dutch, and in South Africa where the Dutch language Afrikaans (among others) is still spoken. Portugal’s colonizing can be seen in Brazil, where the official language is Portuguese, while Spain’s is seen in Mexico, Central America, and the majority of South American countries, where Spanish is the main language spoken (a).

Answer (d) is correct: None of these choices includes a country that was not one of the major colonists in other words, all countries included in these choices were major colonizers.

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