The Repartimiento

question 37

Multiple Choice

The repartimiento

• A) was designed to lighten the labor burdens of indigenous peoples.
• B) sought to regulate the use of an ever-diminishing pool of indigenous labor.
• C) aimed to provide the Spanish with a more dependable and continuing pool of labor.
• D) was applied only in the mining industry.

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Definitions:

Feeling Superior

The sensation or belief that one is better, more knowledgeable, or more important than others.

Basaltic Lava

A type of lava that is low in silica and has a fluid consistency, erupting from volcanoes at high temperatures.

Shield Volcano

A type of volcano that has broad, gently curved slopes constructed mostly of relatively fluid basaltic lava flows.

Scoria Cone

A relatively small type of volcano that is cone shaped and mostly composed of scoria; synonymous with cinder cone.