Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• set off: To start a journey
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• no fear: Showing confidence or bravery; not afraid.
• centered around: To have (something) as the main subject or focus.
• at least: As a minimum
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• date back: To have existed since a particular time in the past.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• conquer: To take possession of (land, city) with an army
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• agriculture: The science of farming
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• fertile: (Of imagination, etc.) working strongly; productive
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• century: Period of 100 years
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• fill: To make something full
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• decompose: To cause (chemical) to separate into smaller parts
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• smallpox: Contagious disease with pimples that leave scars
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• maize: Corn; a yellow cereal
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• ad: Public notice or advertisement