Answer: what goes with “not real” is distorted.
When the English colonists settled down. they didn't want to be ruled by Britain anymore and wanted to create a "representative government".
The three powers are : The power to raise armies,to declare war, and write bills to be approved by the president. I find these three most important out of all because these affect our economy and country more then the rest (Not saying the rest aren't important just don't think there as important as the three i listed above)
Columbus had not known that there was land to the West, only China. He also had never been to China so he really had no idea what China looked like.
In short they were both but they were a indirect-hegemonic empire. they were also very territorial. if your teacher says it’s wrong they are wrong.