Question 1 • (Bergold)WCA 2130 US History 1 1st nine weeks 26-27
Columbus reached inhabited Caribbean islands, not the Asian mainland he believed he had found. The islands had people living on them and were suitable for habitation, so “heavily populated islands” and “land suitable for habitation” apply. They were not empty, lifeless places where nothing grew.
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