7. Happier
8. Taller
9. The most beautiful
10. More expensive
11. Biggest
12. Healthier
Answer:
If you are taking a test on a passage and you already read the passage, a great strategy would be to look at text features, annotate the passage, and ask questions to yourself about the passage.
It could possible be ironic because the rest of the world was technically already "discovered", but just not by the Europeans specifically. Therefore it is ironic, simply because they are Naive