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Amazon
Before his ship caught on fire, where was Wallace and his crew?
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Monkeys
In the Amazon, Wallace observed that some species of this animal were confined to one side of the river
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Travel by boat
Once Wallace returned to England, what did he swear he would never do again?
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Helen
What was the name of Wallace's ship that caught on fire?
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Malay Archipelago
Wallace was excited to venture through this vast group of islands between Southeast Asia and Australia
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Butterfly
Wallace finally caught this beautiful rare insect after only seeing it once within two months
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Arrack
Wallace used this alcoholic substance to preserve his specimens
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Krakatoa
What volcanic island erupted and altered the planet's climate?
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Bali and Lombok
The Wallace Line separates which two islands in the Malay Archipelago?
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Tigers
While in Singapore, Wallace had to be careful of these animals who freely roamed around
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Geology
Wallace used this science and natural history to help propose the Sarawak Law
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Yellow fever
This made Wallace very sick during his original voyage and his brother eventually died from it
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Sarawak
Wallace was here when he proposed a law about how species were connected
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Marsupials
On Eastern islands, the native mammals are all _____ instead of primates or carnivores
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Survival of the fittest
Wallace developed this idea after observing that, "The life of wild animals is a struggle for existence"
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Birds
Honey-suckers, "Quaich-Quaich", megapode, are all examples of what animal
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Singapore
Here, Wallace "encountered altogether different treasures, and dangers, than in the Amazon"
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Birds
After Wallace observed that there were different species of this animal on either side of the Lombok Strait, he wondered why they couldn't just travel across "with little trouble"
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Biogeography
Wallace is considered as the founder of this science
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Branching tree
Wallace provided this visual image to explain how species are related
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