Which of the following statements best describes the use of the term “new world”? a. "new world" referred to the expanded understanding of the earth''s landmasses as a result of magellan''s expedition. b. "new world" is how europeans of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries referred to the continents of north and south america. c. "new world" is the term given to spanish culture by the civilizations of north and south america.

I would also have to say the answer is B. "New World" is how Europeans of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries referred to the contents of North and South America.

Because the land that Christopher Columbus landed on was only inhabited by Indians (not from India), they called the new territory the new world. They had "accidently" discovered land that they didn't know existed.

Hopefully this helps. 

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.