Age of Exploration
One of the primary motivations of Europe's endeavors during the period was the increasing difficulty of using this key trade route, as the Ottoman empire was pulling strings in the Mediterranean to make everything more expensive.
What is the Silk Road?
A video game character becomes a helpful animal excretion.
What is Link and ink?
This late dictionary word means pinnacle.
What is zenith?
"She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne and she cut your hair."
What is Hallelujah?
Dates of time, and also this category.
What are periods?
It was the first American colony to be established, and as a natural foreshadowing of the country's future lasted less than a year.
(There's a bonus 800 pts. if you can say the message that was mysteriously etched in to a nearby wood post).
What is Roanoke?
What the Cassowary and Kākāpō are incapable of becomes violence.
What is flight and fight?
The word chatoyant is an interesting word used to describe the light that reflects off of this, a truly precious sight to see!
What is a gemstone?
"A fortune won and lost on every deal, all you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel."
What is Viva Las Vegas?
If a hiker were to lose their train of thought while speaking, they might do this, and never finish their thought.
What is trail off?
Funnily enough, one of the most important American colonies to this day was originally founded by an Indian based tea company owned by this country; the name of the colony was later changed when control changed hands.
What is the Netherlands?
An impediment to movement becomes a small mythological creature.
What is limp and imp?
As evidenced by it's prefix, it was the fifth element in common Greek belief after the standard ones, and it's the perfect example of ancient philosophy!
What is quintessence?
"Too late for second guessing, too late to go back to sleep, it's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap."
What is Defying Gravity?
"You must...lose faith in humanity. Humanity is...a...dirty...ocean..." as obviously said by this man.
Who is Gandhi?
This key Portuguese explorer has a famed bridge in Lisbon bearing his name which at the time of it's opening was the longest in Europe.
Who is Vaso de Gama?
Shades become tight wraps.
What are blinds and binds?
It's the act of throwing something out of a window.
What is defenstration?
"On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes."
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
"..." is this letter in morse code.
What is S?
Literally meaning "Little Dove", this Dutch ship was the first European vessel to dock on Australian shores in 1606, and it's name is also quite fun to say!
What is the Duyfken?
A key religious figure of multiple religions becomes a commune of Paris.
What is clergy and Cergy?
It's the moment in which you realize that everyone's life is just as rich and complex as your own.
What is sonder?
"When the violence causes silence, we must be mistaken."
What is Zombie?
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