Question

Columbus believed that he had landed in India so he called the inhabitants?

Answer 1

Indians is what he called them

Answer 2

Answer:

Indians

Explanation:

The term "Indian" comes from the fact that Christopher Columbus, when he arrived in America, was convinced that he had arrived in India and thus called the peoples he met there. For this reason also, it still refers to the Caribbean islands as the West Indies.

Later, these people were considered a distinct breed and were also dubbed red skins.