The Spaniards established land-labor grants or _________entitling the land grantee the use of forced indigenous or imported slave labor on this land for the purpose of exploiting its agricultural and mineral resources.
a. aduanas
b. encomiendas
c. cabildos
d. audiencias
b. encomiendas
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A) Haitian pirates. B) English. C) French. D) Barbary pirates.
Launched in 1971, the Nasdaq
a. was the centerpiece of the Microsoft Corporation. b. was a stock index that focused on companies in technological fields. c. replaced the Dow Jones as the leading stock index. d. gained 12,000 points in six years as America's leading stock index.
England's colonization of Egypt was largely in response to threats of European colonial invasions by the French in ______________.
A. the Congo B. Somalia C. Tunisia D. Libya E. Tanzania
Why did the Ming, Mughal, and Safavid empires continue to trade with Europeans?
A. They benefited from it. B. They had to meet economic treaty obligations. C. They were too weak to prevent it. D. None of these answers is correct.