Colonizing North America

2. Verrazano and Cartier explored for this country
5. Also known as "runners of the woods" they were French colonists who lived in the woods
8. He was a German monk who posted 95 Theses or arguments against the Church in 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany
9. in Spain's American colonies, A person of mixed Spanish and Indian background
10. a shorter waterway through or around North America
11. Small towns on Spanish settlements
12. One reason the Spanish colonized the Americas was to spread their __ beliefs
15. He had the idea that Africans be brought as slaves to replace forced Indian laborers
16. Another name for conquerer
18. A social class in New Spain that held the highest jobs in government and the Church
21. Settlements run by Catholic priests and friars
22. Large numbers of Native Americans died from this European disease
23. Explorer An English explorer who has a river named for him and who explored for the Dutch

1. A fort where Spanish soldiers lived
3. A person born in Spain's American colonies to Spanish parents
4. In 1605 this was the first French settlement in North America
5. A Spanish explorer who tried to find the "seven cities of gold"
6. By the late 1500s, Spain and France were ruled by monarchs who practiced this religion
7. The Aztec emperor who ruled much of Mexico
13. He built a trading post on the St. Lawrence River known as Québec
14. An area of land granted to a Spanish settler with the legal permission to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans
17. By the late 1500s England and the Netherlands were largely followers of
18. The followers of Martin Luther who protested against the Catholic Church
19. The paying for forgiveness of one's sins
20. The great Aztec and Incan Empires were conquered by these Europeans