Question $15$

$2$ pts

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand declined Christopher Columbus' request for financial assistance prior to $1492$ C$.$E$.$ because:

Isabela and Ferdinand did not trust Columbus

Isabela and Ferdinand were not in Spain

Isabela and Ferdinand were putting their funds into the Reconquista

None of the above

Question $16$

$3$ pts

From the mind and perspective of a late medieval Spaniard, January $1492$ was connected to October $1492$ in that a late medieval Spaniard believed that since Spain was faithful in cempleting the Reconquista, Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of the "New World" was a divine gift and reward for Spain. For Spain, $1492$ was a Miracle Year.

True

False