The encomienda was
A) a grant of land and indigenous labor to a Spanish colonist.
B) the assignment to a colonist of a group of natives to serve him with tribute and labor.
C) forced native labor for a colonist, who was required to pay a small wage.
D) a royal grant of land in perpetuity to a conquistador as a reward for his military services.
B
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In nearly all church congregations women outnumbered men:
A) 5 to 1. B) 4 to 1. C) 3 to 1. D) 2 to 1.
Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War
a. won the British territorial concessions. b. united British colonists in strong support of the mother country. c. was fought initially on the North American continent. d. did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward England. e. resulted in a stronger French presence in North America.
In the 1870s and 1880s urban society was dramatically transformed, as middle-class America began to be identified with
A. literary culture. B. charitable giving. C. mass consumption. D. the Protestant work ethic.
Which of the following African societies was not disrupted by the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
a. Yoruba b. Igbos c. Ashante d. Akans e. Angolans