Mauritius was unknown to the outside world until 1507. Its ________ ( ) ended that year when Portuguese sailors landed on the Indian Ocean Island.
What is solitude (n)?
100
You would not be pleased if someone called you a dodo. A dodo is someone who is not very ________ ( ).
What is astute (adj)?
100
The killing of dodos for food began in 1507. The ________ ( ) continued for the next 170 years, until the last dodo was dead.
What is slaughter (n)?
100
fake::real
sham::________ ( )
What is authentic (adj)?
100
unicorns::mythical
put downs::________ ( )
What is derogatory (adj)?
200
The Portuguese established a permanent settlement on Mauritius. The island had been visited by other explorers ________ ( ) to their arrival, but none had stayed.
What is prior (adj)?
200
The dodo had no reason to fly and no reason to run fast. It's not surprising that it evolved into the rather ________ ( ) creature the sailors encountered.
What is ungainly (adj)?
200
After many years, the dodo captured people's interest. No one knew whether it had been a real creature or a ________ ( ) of the imagination.
What is figment (n)?
200
beverage::drink
________ ( )::eat
What is delicacy (n)?
200
birds::fly
________ ( )::hunt
What is predators (n)?
300
The island was overrun with large, flightless birds. When properly cooked, they provided a fine ________ ( ) for the sailors.
What is delicacy (n)?
300
For thousands of years, dodos had lived without fear. This made them ________ ( ) when humans began hunting them for food.
What is vulnerable (adj)?
300
No one wishing to draw a dodo knew exactly what it looked like. Artists were free to draw its ________ ( ) however they imagined.
What is plumage (n)?
300
scales::fish
________ ( )::bird
What is plumage (n)?
300
library::________ ( )
airport::crowds
What is solitude (n)?
400
Hunting these helpless creatures was easy. The islands new inhabitants wasted no time in cooking and ________ ( ) them.
What is devouring (v)?
400
Since it had never been hunted before, the dodo was an easy prey for ________ ( ).
What is predators (n)?
400
For a long time, people believed that the dodo existed only in people's imagination. We now know that the dodo was real and not a ________ ( ) creature.
What is mythical (adj)?
400
athletic::clumsy
coordinated::________ ( )
What is ungainly (adj)?
400
restore::________ ( )
repair::devastate
What is slaughter (v)?
500
They called the bird a dodo. The word today has a ________ ( ) meaning when referring to a person.
What is derogatory (adj)?
500
With the humans came the first dogs, which added to the dodo's troubles. The dogs roamed the island and ________ ( ) for dodo eggs.
What is scavenged (v)?
500
The discovery of some old bones in 1889 answered the question. They were found to be ________ ( ) dodo bones, proving that the dodo had been real.