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Christopher Columbus Called the Native People He Encountered on His

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Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because


A) he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific.
B) it is what the natives called themselves.
C) he mispronounced their actual name.
D) Norse seamen had previously used the term.
E) he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers.

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