The Spanish language is the second most spoken language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanophones who speak Spanish as a first or second language in the United States, as well as six million Spanish language students. Together, this makes the United States of America the second largest Hispanophone country in the world after Mexico, and with the United States having more Spanish-speakers than Colombia and Spain (but fewer first language speakers). Spanish is the Romance language and the Indo-European language with the largest number of native speakers in the world. Roughly half of all American Spanish-speakers also speak English "very well," based on their self-assessment in the U.S. Census. 

The Spanish language has been present in what is now the United States since the 16th and 17th centuries, with the arrival of Spanish colonization in North America that would later become the states of Florida, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California. The Spanish explorers explored areas of 42 future U.S. states leaving behind a varying range of Hispanic legacy in the North American continent. Additionally, western regions of the Louisiana Territory were under Spanish rule between 1763 to 1800, after the French and Indian War, further extending the Spanish influence throughout modern-day United States of America. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How many students in the United States are enrolled in a Spanish class?
2. What is the amount of American students currently taking Spanish?
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Q2:
1. How long has the Spanish language been on the North American continent?
2. Since what period has there been Spanish in the US?
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Q3:
1. For how many years did the Spanish rule over parts of Louisiana?
2. How much time did regions in Louisiana spend under Spanish governance?
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Q4:
1. How does the US Census state that American Spanish speakers rate their English?
2. Based on the US Census, how do people who speak Spanish in the US rate their English?
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Q5:
1. Where do more people speak Spanish: the United States or Mexico?
2. Is the US or Mexico home to a larger number of Spanish speakers?
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Q6:
1. When did the Spanish language get to the present-day United States?
2. During what centuries did the Spanish language arrive in what is currently US territory?
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Q7:
1. Which states were colonized by the Spanish?
2. What US states contained Spanish colonies?
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Q8:
1. What is the most widely spoken Romance language in the world?
2. Which Romance language has the largest number of speakers worldwide?
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Q9:
1. How many states did Spanish explorers travel around?
2. What was the number of states investigated by Spanish explorers?
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Q10:
1. What is the number of Spanish speakers who speak the language as their first or second tongue?
2. Spanish is the first or second language of how many people?
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