... written and pictoral accounts of the area and the Indian peoples there B) the permanent military beachhead left there C) the mutually beneficial contacts with the area natives D) the discovery of the ... World,” the majority of the population of Spanish America was: A) white European B) Native American C) African D) of mixed race Answer: D Page Ref: 41–42 Topic: The Spanish in the Americas Skill: Factual ... 1488, Vasco da Gama: A) discovered South America B) rounded the southern tip of Africa C) reached China by water D) won the last battle of the Reconquista Answer: B Page Ref: 32 Topic: The Expansion...