PLZ HELP ASAP WILL MAKE BRAINLIEST FOR THE BEST ANSWER why did Columbus call the people he encountered "Indians"?
a) it was the Spanish word for strangers.
b) They looked like people he had seen in India
c) that is the name they called themselves
d) He thought he had reached the east indies
d)

The answer is D (he thought he had reached the East Indies

The correct sender is D. back then they didn’t really have maps like we have today and he was sailing and exploring alone and when he saw the other people as he calls Indians all he really knew was that he went east and these people are a brownish color and Indians usually run around in the east so if u put 2 and 2 together u will realize that he just figured they where Indians