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Miscellaneous Items in High Demand/Library of Congress
-The Spanish and Portuguese used all of the following resources over centuries to create the society depicted in the engraving except
A) African slave labor.
B) plantation-based agriculture.
C) Indian labor.
D) capitalist principles of economic organization.

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The following questions refer to the image below.
 
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand/Library of Congress
-The Spanish and Portuguese used all of the following resources over centuries to create the society depicted in the engraving except
A) African slave labor. 
B) plantation-based agriculture. 
C) Indian labor. 
D) capitalist principles of economic organization.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The image depicts a colonial society developed by the Spanish and Portuguese over centuries. The society was heavily based on plantation agriculture, and African slave labor was used extensively to work on the plantations. Indian labor was also used, particularly in South America. However, there is no indication in the image or in historical records that capitalist principles of economic organization were used to develop the society depicted. Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

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