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chapt3 vocab
chapter 3 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cartographer | a mapmaker |
| causeway | a raised roadway across a body of water` |
| charter | an agreement in which one person or group grants right and responsibilities to another person or group |
| circumnavigate | to go around |
| dividend | a share of profits received by a stockholder |
| extract | to take something out |
| immune | having a high degree of resistance to a disease |
| joint stock company | a company into which people invest their money in exchange for stock |
| saga | a folk tale |
| scurvy | a disease caused by lack of vitamin C |
| stock | shares of a company |
| stockholder | a person who owns stick in a company |
| validity | the quality of being logically sound |