What Did the Spanish Use as a Model for Obtaining

question 48

Multiple Choice

What did the Spanish use as a model for obtaining Amerindian labor for colonial mines?

• A) The West African mode of sugar cane production
• B) The Ottoman practice of devshirme
• C) Aztec and Incan practices,such as the mita,that demanded labor from conquered villages
• D) The Ming method of recruiting peasant labor for canal repairs

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