From what I know, they were named by the Romans. the parts (mon- tues- ect.) were named for the sun, the moon, and different planets that the romans knew of; so mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, and saturn.
The romans most likely traded for horses and wild animals because it could provide them with meat and along that they could also use it for trade
D. horizontal
A seismograph records up-down (vertical), north-south, and east-west. It does not record horizontal motions.