WORLD HISTORY
While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name
the Amazon
It means "easy to approach"; you'll also find it a lot after "wheelchair"
accessible
It's "the shortest distance between two points"
a straight line
Tongues & tails do it
Wag
Correlating this system of measuring time to ours, the Mayan one starts in 3114 B.C.
Calendar
Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found
the Nile
This cold adjective from the north comes before "Blitz" in a Gatorade flavor
Arctic
It's where something embarrassing is swept
under the rug/carpet
Next in sequence:
One, two, six,...
ten
The Mayans domesticated turkey, ducks, dogs & these insects
Bees
In 1953 Ibn Saud organized this country's first cabinet to modernize the government
Saudi Arabia
It means having a great deal of money
Affluent
When an opportunity is let go, you are burning these
bridges
When it precedes "off", it means to fall asleep
Nod
Peninsula that was home to such Mayan sites as Rio Bec, Becan & Uxmal
Yucatan Peninsula
During the Spanish Civil War, this Fascist Party founder sent troops to aid General Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
It means open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
amenable
Pool table piece you don't want to be "behind"
the 8 ball
It describes a bomb that falls down & doesn't go boom
Dud
Mayan art is classified as pre-this
Colombian
Aristotle called him the "Savior of his country and the ideal lawgiver"
Solon
It means "characteristic of an uncle"
avuncular
Shifting your debts is "robbing Peter to pay" this saint
Paul
It's the only zodiac sign that fits the category
Leo
The Mayans' principal unit of currency was this bean
Cocoa bean