What Was the Encomienda

question 39

Multiple Choice

What was the encomienda ?

• A)A Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor
• B)A system of Spanish officials who supervised local industries
• C)The taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government
• D)A hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower
• E)The mission schools set up to educate the Indians

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Definitions:

Counterfactual Thinking

involves imagining alternative scenarios and outcomes that might have occurred but didn't.

Inevitable Outcomes

Results or consequences that are certain to happen and cannot be avoided or changed.

Predictable Outcomes

Results or consequences that can be anticipated due to known factors, patterns, or previous observations.

Linguistic Fixedness Hypothesis

The idea that language shapes thinking and limits cognitive flexibility, influencing how individuals perceive and solve problems.