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When Columbus reached land why did he refer to people he encountered as Indians ? A)he thought they were savages B)he got thought he landed off the coast of India C)In Spanish, Indian means peaceful people D) he gave them that name because he liked it

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B)
he got thought he landed off the coast of India

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B) he though the landed off the coast of India because
he thought he could do that by moving west around the earth to India from europe.
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