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- 1. New World Labor Systems
- 2. Encomienda A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians.
- 3. Mit’a Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.
- 4. Indentured Servatude An indentured servant is an unfree laborer under contract to work (for a specified amount of time) for another person or a company/corporation, often without any monetary pay, but in exchange for accommodation, food, other essentials, training, or passage to a new country.
- 5. Assignment Questions In addition to the Labor Systems Chart…
- 7. 3. Describe the various social classes that emerged in colonial Spanish America? 4. What role did Bartolomé de Las Casas play in colonial Spanish America?
- 8. 5. What were the results for Europe, the Americas, and Africa of the "Columbian Exchange"? 6. Compare and contrast how the Spanish and Portuguese exploited their respective overseas empires. [include motives, the economic impact on each country, and their relations with the native populations.
- 9. 7. Identify the impacts of European expansion on both the conquerors and those that they conquered.
- 10. Helpful Website: http://www.historyteacher.net/AP EuroCourse/EHAP_Topics/EHAP-Topic-AgeofExploration.htm