WORDS OF SPANISH ORIGIN
LITERALLY MEANING 'LITTLE FLY' IN SPANISH
MOSQUITO
ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR KINDS OF GORILLA, RESIDING IN THE INNERMOST ZONES OF THE JUNGLE
SILVERBACK
SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF THE GALAPAGOS TORTOISE, THIS ANIMAL POSSESSES THE LONGEST KNOWN LIFESPAN OF ANY VERTEBRATE
GREENLAND SHARK
THE FINAL BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS OFTEN KNOWN AS THIS SIEGE
THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN
THIS LANDMASS IS THE SMALLEST CONTINENT IN THE WORLD
AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA
A PERSON WHO IS VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT OR TOPIC, FROM THE SPANISH 'AFICIONAR'
AFICIONADO
MARCO POLO IS OFTEN CREDITED FOR ESTABLISHING THIS PATH OF TRADEWAYS CONNECTING PRIMARILY EAST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
THE SILK ROAD
THESE MAMMALS ARE THE ONLY TO BE CAPABLE OF TRUE, SELF PROPELLED FLIGHT
BATS
THIS FIRST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAS A MANHATTAN AVENUE NAMED AFTER IT
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
THERE ARE ONLY TWENTY THREE COUNTRIES ON THIS CONTINENTAL LANDMASS
NORTH AMERICA
THIS WORD MEANING SMALL WAR IN SPANISH OFTEN DENOTES A HIT AND RUN STYLE OF FIGHTING
GUERILLA
AN OBJECT FORCEFULLY PROPELLED AT A TARGET, EITHER BY HAND OR A MECHANICAL WEAPON
MISSILE
THE ONLY SPECIES OF DOG THAT CANNOT BARK LIVES ON THIS CONTINENT
AFRICA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS PRECEDED BY THIS WAR, WAGED BY ANOTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRY AND ENGLAND
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
EUROPE HOSTS THE TWO SMALLEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, ONE BEING MONACO, THE OTHER BEING THIS
VATICAN CITY
A LARGE SHIP WITH THREE OR MORE MASTS
A GALLEON
IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR INVERTEBRATES TO BE PRESERVED AS THESE DUE TO THEIR LACK OF HARD TISSUE
FOSSIL
THE SHAPE OF THIS FEATURE IS THE MOST DISTINGUISHABLE TRAIT BETWEEN CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS
THE SNOUT
THE STORMING OF THIS FRENCH PRISON BECAME A SYMBOL OF OVERTURNING THE MONARCHY AND BECAME ONE OF THE DEFINING MOMENTS OF THE REVOLUTION TO FOLLOW
THE BASTILLE
THE LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE WORLD, THE ANDES, EXISTS ON THIS CONTINENT
SOUTH AMERICA
THIS COUNTRY, NAMED AFTER A METAL FOUND ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
ARGENTINA
A CULINARY HERB NATIVE TO TROPICAL REGIONS, FROM CENTRAL AFRICA TO SOUTHEAST ASIA WIDELY USED IN THAI CUISINE, AND SOMETIMES ON PIZZA
BASIL
YOUNG TUATARAS CAN HAVE ONE OF THESE ON THEIR FOREHEADS, WHICH GETS COVERED WITH SCALES AS THEY GROW OLDER
A THIRD EYE
PEASANTS STARVING IN FRANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION EVENTUALLY TURNED TO EATING THESE, STRAIGHT OFF THE STREET
SNAILS
ACCORDING TO THE FOSSIL RECORD, THE BIRTHPLACE OF HUMANITY EXISTS IN THIS LUSH AREA WITHIN THE GREAT EXPANSE OF AFRICA
THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY