Spain only turned its attention to discovery when
A) Columbus presented a bold plan to Isabella.
B) Portugal’s success drove them to it.
C) they were commanded to by the Pope.
D) they lost a war with France and they turned away from Europe.
E) the Reconquista was completed with the fall of Granada in 1492.
Ans: E
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