Question

By means of land-labor grants called __________, spanish entrepreneurs were entitled to use forced indigenous or imported slave labor to exploit natural resources in the new world.

Answer 1

The answer to the question above is Encomienda.
By means of land-labor grants called encomienda, Spanish entrepreneurs were entitled to use forced indigenous or imported slave labor to exploit natural resources to the New World. Encomienda is a Spanish labor system in which a colonists has the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the local inhabitants of the colony.