FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
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Why did Columbus call the natives of the Americas “Indians”?
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Columbus made up the word when he arrived.
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Columbus’s crew decided to call them that.
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Columbus thought he’d landed in India.
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No one knows.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus encountered land with around two million inhabitants that was previously unknown to Europeans. He thought he had found a new route to the East, so he mistakenly called these people ‘Indians’.
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