FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Question
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Why do we refer to the American natives as Indians?
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Because that is their name in their language.
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Because Columbus thought he landed in India.
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Because Marco Polo named them.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The word Indian came to be used because Christopher Columbus repeatedly expressed the mistaken belief that he had reached the shores of South Asia. Convinced he was correct, Columbus fostered the use of the term Indios (originally, “person from the Indus valley”) to refer to the peoples of the so-called New World.
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