Complete the sentence about Negros with the correct year: Upon arriving on the island in April ______, the Spanish colonizers called the land Negros, after the dark-skinned natives they had observed.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 1565
Negros is the fourth largest island in the Philippines. When the Spanish arrived in April 1565, they named it Negros after the dark-skinned natives they saw there. The years 1545, 1555 and 1557 all come before that arrival, so the naming could not have happened then.
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