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When the Spanish settled in the Americas, a class system emerged. What name is given to people who were born in Spain and traveled to the New World to settle down? Peninsulares
What Spanish social class identifies people born in the Americas to two Spanish parents? Creoles
What name is given to the social class that identifies those born to one Spanish parent and one Native American parent? Mestizos
Identify the Spanish priest who spoke out against the mistreatment of the Native American population and convinced the Spanish government to end their enslavement. Bartolomé de las Casas
The beginning of the Protestant Reformation is said to have been signaled when this German priest presented his 95 Theses. Martin Luther
What mighty naval force was defeated in 1588, opening up the Atlantic Ocean to other countries hoping to settle in the Americas? Spanish Armada
Because Native Americans lacked resistance, a large number of them lost their lives to infection and disease. What is another word for resistance? immunity
Identify the oldest permanent European settlement found in the United States. St. Augustine
What location was extremely important to Spain because it was a defensive barrier between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico even though it had little to offer in terms of treasure? Florida
Jean Ribault and French settlers have been credited with building what former French site? Fort Caroline
What did the Spanish call a common village or town? pueblo
Tobacco and sugarcane were the main export crops of what region? West Indies
What two countries sought out to spread Catholicism throughout the Americas? Spain and France
Identify the two countries who hoped to spread Protestantism throughout the Americas. England and the Netherlands
A bay and a river in North America are named after a man who thought he had sailed through the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Name him. Henry Hudson
Who would follow French fur traders into Native American villages once relations were established in order to teach Catholicism to the Native Americans? missionaries
Named after the king of France, what colony did Robert Cavalier de La Salle claim for his country? Louisiana
Identify the French settlement founded in 1718. New Orleans
What colony did the Dutch West India Company found in 1623? New Netherland
The Manhattoes accepted trade goods in exchange for land that would eventually become what Dutch settlement? New Amsterdam
Identify the man who traded for the land that would build the new Dutch settlement. Peter Minuit
What was the supposed value of the trade goods the Manhattoes accepted? $24

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