Unit 32: The animal kingdom

Question 1

marsupial

Answer 1

belonging to the group of animals that carry their young in a pocket of skin called a pouch

Question 2

rodent

Mice, rats and squirrels are all rodents.

Answer 2

​enlarge imageany small animal that belongs to a group of animals with strong sharp front teeth.

Question 3

docile

a docile child/horse/temperament

(n): docility

Answer 3

behaving very gently

Question 4

tame

Answer 4

not afraid of humans, usually because of training or long involvement with human

Question 5

game reserves|game park

Answer 5

areas of land where animals are protected from hunting, etc.

Question 6

gamekeeper

Answer 6

a person whose job is to take care of wild animals and birds that are kept on private land in order to be hunted

Question 7

poacher turned gamekeeper

Answer 7

a person who has changed from one situation or attitude to the opposite one, especially somebody who used to oppose people in authority but is now in a position of authority

Question 8

blood sports

Answer 8

​a sport in which animals or birds are killed

Question 9

the fur trade

Answer 9

the selling of animal furs for coats, jackets, etc.

Question 10

the ivory trade

Answer 10

the buying and selling of ivory from elephants’ tusks