How Did the Spanish and Inca Mita Systems Differ

question 35

Multiple Choice

How did the Spanish and Inca mita systems differ?

• A)Spain relied on convicts as laborers; the Incans used all available workers.
• B)Incans required that all adult males work in the mines for one year of every seven, no matter what hardship it may have caused for their families.
• C)Incans refused to exempt any men from participating in the mita system.
• D)Spain required that all males spend one year out of every seven working in the mines at low wages.
• E)Spain granted allowed some men to opt out of the mita system if it would create an economic hardship for their families.

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