1. Where were the first Portuguese settlements in Brazil?

A) in the interior

B) on the coast

C) Mesoamerica

D) near native tribes


2. What did Columbus achieve in territories that he claimed for Spain?

A) sole ownership

B) the duties of governor

C) immense amounts of gold

D) thriving colonies


3. What were Coureur de Boiss, or "runner of the woods"?

A) French explorers who traveled down the Mississippi River

B) Spainish explorers who integrated into French colonies to conquer land from them

C) Native Americans who used guerrilla warfare to protect their lands

D) young, unmarried men who searched for gold and trapped beaver for their poets in the territory of Louisiana