2. (04.05 MC) Use the following chart to answer the question:
Event
Impact
1545: silver discovered
city of Potosí founded
1545-1650: mining flourishes
city grows to 160,000 population
city population shrinks
after 1650: mining production wanes
Which of the following inferences does the chart support? (1 point)
Some colonial cities existed almost entirely to process raw materials.
Silver mining creates many environmental hazards and spreads diseases.