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Indians who inhabited many Caribbean islands, who where the first people that
Columbus encountered in the New World.
Iroquois
Pequot
Aztecs
Tainos

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Final answer:

The Tainos were the first people Columbus encountered in the New World.


Explanation:

The first people Columbus encountered in the New World were the Tainos. Christopher Columbus mistakenly referred to them and other Indigenous peoples as 'Indians.' The Tainos inhabited the Caribbean islands, particularly Hispaniola, where Columbus first landed in 1492.


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