What Was the Benefit to the Spanish Crown of an Encomienda

question 21

Multiple Choice

What was the benefit to the Spanish crown of an encomienda?

• A) The crown could use the encomienda to directly oversee missionary work among the Indians.
• B) The crown could use the encomienda to export Iberian prisoners to work mines in the Americas.
• C) The crown received special taxes on the extraction of precious metals from the encomenderos.
• D) The crown could use the encomenderos as forced labor on sugar plantations.

---

Definitions:

Decrease

The act or process of becoming smaller in size, amount, number, or level.

Profitability

A measure of the efficiency and financial performance of a company, indicating the ability to generate income from operations.

Accounts Receivable Turnover

This is a financial ratio that measures how effectively a company collects debts from its credit customers, indicating the number of times average accounts receivable are collected during a period.

Sales In Receivables

Accounts receivable that result from sales transactions, indicating the amount of money customers owe a company.