Columbus called the Taino people Indians because
a. he wanted to convince Ferdinand and Isabella that he had discovered North America.
b. they convinced him that they had descended from Asian culture groups.
c. they resembled natives of India that he had observed on previous voyages.
d. he believed that he had landed in the Indies.
This is because Christopher Columbus had a route set for India but ended up landing in what we know today is America. Hence why he called the Native Americans who lived there, Indians.
