Question

Europeans who settled in the Americas faced a major economic problem: a shortage of ____ for mining and agricultural operations.

Question 14 options:

a)

capital


b)

political support


c)

labor


d)

training

Answer 1

c) labor

Explanation: Colonists had abundant land and mineral resources but too few people to work them, leading to use of indigenous labor systems, indentured servitude, and ultimately the transatlantic slave trade.