GEOLOGY
This word for a type of blood vessel is also used for a mineral-filled fissure within rock
a vein
A participant in this Boston Harbor event said most of the people chosen were journeymen & apprentices
the Boston Tea Party
Orb weaver spiders have 5 spinnerets for extruding this substance used to make webs
silk
Of NBA franchises by team name, not city, they won the championship in 2021
the Milwaukee Bucks
Founded in 1908, this agency battled less glamorous issues like copyright violations until the gangsters came along
the FBI
This process is the weathering of particles as they're worn away & moved by wind or water
erosion
In the 16th century an African man in Japan named Yasuke became the first recorded foreigner to join the ranks of this warrior class
Samurai
Thamnophis is the genus of these snakes that have stripes resembling bands used to secure clothing
garter snake
Of the Great Lakes, it's the fourth-largest & drains out through the Niagara River
Erie
A British Crown proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of these mountains
the Appalachians
Leapfrog is software scientists use to create 3D models of this kind of relative elevation map, partly from Greek for "place"
topographical (topographic)
Oddly, the names of the agents involved in this 1798 scandal were Jean, Pierre & Lucien, not Xena, Yolanda & Zara
the XYZ Affair
Latrodectus geometricus, the brown this, has venom twice as powerful as that of its notorious black cousin
the brown widow
Of the first 10 ordinal numbers
eighth
Sally Ride rocketed into orbit aboard this Space Shuttle that shared its name with a 19th century research vessel
Challenger
Millions of years ago, all of the continents were combined in a "super" one called this, meaning "all earth"
Pangaea
This political organization was founded by Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale in 1966
the Black Panthers
Lycosidae is the family of these hairy hunting spiders named for another hairy hunter
wolf
Of the 5 books of the Pentateuch, it's written in the form of a farewell address by Moses
Deuteronomy
The daughter of an Italian immigrant, she had been a U.S. representative for 3 terms when tapped in 1984 to be a vice presidential nominee
Ferraro
Deposits at Badwater Basin of what is mostly this mineral leave polygon-shaped designs due to water evaporation
Salt (Sodium Chloride)
A recent exhumation of this eccentric 16th century Danish astronomer found his prosthetic nose was more likely brass than gold
Tycho Brahe
The coral snake is deadly; the similar-looking scarlet this is harmless
a scarlet kingsnake
Of the 11 national battlefields, this one 10 miles from Hagerstown, Maryland
Antietam
In 1886 a riot in this city's Haymarket Square led to the deaths of several police officers & demonstrators
Chicago