Question

"In 1531 Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1475-1541) matched Cortés’s feat when he conquered the Peruvian empire of the Incas. This conquest vastly extended the territory under Spanish control and became the true source of profit for the crown, when a huge silver mine was discovered in 1545 at Potosí in what is now southern Bolivia. The gold and silver that poured into Spain in the next quarter century helped support Spanish dynastic ambitions in Europe."
Civilizations in the West, Mark Kishlansky, Patrick Geary, and Patricia O'Brien, 1991
According to the passage, the effect of mining wealth was ____

Answer 1

"In 1531 Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1475-1541) matched Cortés’s feat when he conquered the Peruvian empire of the Incas. This conquest vastly extended the territory under Spanish control and became the true source of profit for the crown, when a huge silver mine was discovered in 1545 at Potosí in what is now southern Bolivia. The gold and silver that poured into Spain in the next quarter century helped support Spanish dynastic ambitions in Europe."

Civilizations in the West, Mark Kishlansky, Patrick Geary, and Patricia O'Brien, 1991
According to the passage, the effect of mining wealth was ____.
a.
the enslavement of native workers
b.
an increase in Spanish settlers
c.
to make Spain's king stronger in Europe for awhile
d.
to make Spain's king more extravagant