The first European colonies established outside of Europe geographically were in:
A) the Indian Ocean.
B) the Pacific Ocean.
C) the Caribbean Sea.
D) the Atlantic Ocean.
E) the Arctic Ocean.

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The first European colonies outside of Europe were established in the Caribbean Sea and the Americas, which are both located in the Atlantic Ocean. The first European settlement in the Americas was in Santo Domingo, present-day Dominican Republic, in 1496 by the Spanish. The Portuguese also established colonies in Brazil, also in the Atlantic, in the early 1500s. While the other choices may have later had European colonies established in them, they were not the first regions colonized by Europeans.

The First European Colonies Established Outside of Europe Geographically Were