chapter 2

Question 1

merchant

Answer 1

a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.

Question 2

slave trade

Answer 2

the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, in particular the former trade in black Africans as slaves by European countries and North America.

Question 3

navigation

Answer 3

the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one’s position and planning and following a route.

Question 4

astrolabe

Answer 4

an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant. In its basic form (known from classical times), it consists of a disk with the edge marked in degrees and a pivoted pointer

Question 5

caravel

Answer 5

a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.

Question 6

examine

Answer 6

nspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroghly.
“a doctor examined me and said I might need a caesarean”

Question 7

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Answer 7

in a way that is correct in all details; exactly.
“we are simply unable to predict long-term trends accurately” n nb