The following questions refer to the image below.

Miscellaneous Items in High Demand/Library of Congress
-The labor system depicted here was justified largely by
A) European racial theories.
B) the initial violence of the Native Americans.
C) the success of the encomienda system..
D) geographic diversity in the New World.

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The following questions refer to the image below.
 
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand/Library of Congress
-The labor system depicted here was justified largely by
A) European racial theories. 
B) the initial violence of the Native Americans. 
C) the success of the encomienda system.. 
D) geographic diversity in the New World.

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The image depicts Native Americans working under a labor system that was justified by European racial theories, including the belief that Native Americans were inferior and needed to be controlled and civilized by Europeans.

The Following Questions Refer to the Image Below