Question

Analyze how the Edict of Expulsion still impacts the modern descendants of the crypto-Jews who settled in Spain’s American colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.(1 point)
Responses

Modern descendants of crypto-Jews speak Ladino more frequently than English or Spanish.
Modern descendants of crypto-Jews speak Ladino more frequently than English or Spanish.

Modern descendants of crypto-Jews have to practice their Jewish faith in secret.
Modern descendants of crypto-Jews have to practice their Jewish faith in secret.

Modern descendants of crypto-Jews remain resistant to adopting Christian practices into their religious and cultural traditions.
Modern descendants of crypto-Jews remain resistant to adopting Christian practices into their religious and cultural traditions.

Modern descendants of crypto-Jews follow some of the Judaic religious and cultural traditions brought by their ancestors.
Modern descendants of crypto-Jews follow some of the Judaic religi

Answer 1

Modern descendants of crypto-Jews follow some of the Judaic religious and cultural traditions brought by their ancestors.

Explanation: After the 1492 expulsion many Jews converted publicly but kept Jewish practices in secret; over generations in the Americas some descendants preserved certain rituals and customs (dietary habits, observances, prayers) even while outwardly Catholic. Ladino was not widely preserved among crypto-Jews in Spanish colonies, and while secrecy was once necessary, today descendants more often retain specific traditions rather than uniformly practicing Judaism in secret or resisting Christian practices.