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Why do you think the Caribbean islands are often referred to as the Indies?
The island in the Caribbean region are often referd to as the West Indies because 'West Indies' is the collective name of these islands.
What is a another name for the Caribbean Islands?
The West Indies
By what other name are the indies known?
Caribbean islands
Why do you think the Caribbean islands are often referred as to the West Indies?
The island in the Caribbean region are often referd to as the West Indies because 'West Indies' is the collective name of these islands.
What is the name for the many islands that stretch from Florida to Venezuela?
Caribbean Islands or West Indies.
What is another name for the Caribbean islands?
the west indiesAnswerThe West indies is the name given to the islands, not the sea. The Sea of the Antilles was a former name for the Caribbean Sea.
What is the name given to the group of islands that enclose the Caribbean sea?
west indies
Why do you think the Caribbeans islands are often referred to as the West Indies?
The island in the Caribbean region are often referd to as the West Indies because 'West Indies' is the collective name of these islands.
Why was Caribbean Islands called the West Indies?
The Caribbean Islands were called the West Indies because when Christopher Columbus arrived in the region in 1492, he mistakenly believed he had found a route to the Indies, which referred to the lands of India and Southeast Asia. He named the islands "Indies" in reference to this belief. The term "West Indies" was used to distinguish these islands from the "East Indies," which referred to the Asian territories. Over time, the name became widely accepted for the Caribbean region.
Archipelago west indies?
well all of the west indies is not an archipelogo but the bahhamas are an archapelago
Name two islands in the Caribbean that Columbus visited on his 1492 trip?
the west indies.......
Do the Caribbean islands of the gulf of Mexico are called West Indies?
Yes, the Caribbean islands in the Gulf of Mexico are collectively referred to as the West Indies. This term historically encompasses the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas, distinguishing these islands from those in the eastern Pacific. The name originated from early European explorers who mistakenly believed they had reached the Indies in Asia. Today, the West Indies is often associated with the Caribbean region as a whole.
