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:

Continuous Mass Production

A manufacturing process that continuously produces large volumes of standardized products, often on an assembly line.

Product Costing System

A product costing system determines the cost to manufacture a product, taking into account direct materials, direct labour, and overhead expenses, essential for pricing and profitability analysis.

Manufacturing Overhead Account

This refers to the ledger account that records all indirect factory-related costs incurred during a production period that are not directly tied to a specific product.

Overapplied

A condition where the allocated indirect costs exceed the actual indirect costs incurred.