Most European states that had official religions imposed penalties on those who did not follow the established religion, including fines, imprisonment, and sometimes death. Religious minorities often faced discrimination and persecution, with limited rights and social mobility.
France
The most European culture of the U.S. is German. I'm not sure about other continents.
Phoenicians
By outnumbering them on population, technology and, maybe most important, military.
New boundaries caused Hungary to lose most of its population.
No, continents are large landmasses that contain multiple countries within them. Countries are distinct political entities with defined borders and governments, whereas continents are physical geographic divisions of the Earth's surface.
There are not 10 continents on Earth.
Australia is the continent that occupies the most hemispheres - all four: Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.
The Eurasian Plate
The continents themselves are divided by mountain ranges. The divisions between most continents are oceans and seas.
Africa and Asia are the closest continents to Europe.