Question

question 9 1 pts which of the following characterized spanish tributary empires? the spanish retained indigenous rulers as puppets through whom they could govern. the spanish refrained for religious reasons from intermingling with indigenous women who were part of their conscripted labor force. the spanish relied solely on european economic structures in order to gain access to goods and labor from native peoples. the spanish controlled territory but worked to extract wealth without extensive settlement of iberian immigrants.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: The Spanish in tributary empires (like in the Americas) didn't mainly use indigenous rulers as puppets; they often replaced or co - opted but not in a puppet - ruler - through - whom - they - govern - broadly way. For example, in the encomienda system, they had Spanish encomenderos.
2. Analyze Option 2: The Spanish did intermingle with indigenous women (resulting in the mestizo population), and religious reasons didn't stop this intermingling. Also, indigenous labor was not just conscripted in a way that this option describes.
3. Analyze Option 3: The Spanish didn't rely solely on European economic structures. They developed new economic systems in the colonies like the encomienda, hacienda systems which were adapted to the colonial context, not just European - based.
4. Analyze Option 4: Spanish tributary empires (like the Spanish Empire in the Americas) focused on extracting wealth (gold, silver, agricultural products) through systems like encomienda, mining, etc. They didn't have extensive settlement of Iberian immigrants compared to, say, later British colonies. Most of the Spanish presence was for exploitation rather than large - scale European - style settlement.

Answer:

D. The Spanish controlled territory but worked to extract wealth without extensive settlement of Iberian immigrants.