Vocabulary Classical Roots

selling from afar, not face to face

• telescope

• telecast

• telegraph

• telemarketing

things that are above, as from a submarine

• periscope

• microscope

• kaeleidoscope

• ophthalmoscope

To send by telegraph

• horse

• train

• electrical currents through wires

• fax machine

insignificant gossip

• whispered

• unimportant

• colorful

• loud

Match the following

• not having the organized life of a citizen

• ordinarily

• related to the life of a citizen

• civil

• more than regular

• uncivilized

• in the regular way

• extraordinary

Ms. Weber teaches classes in tow related subjects, United States history and _____, the study of our government.

• civics

• coordinated

• civil

• civilians

Match the following

• measurement of an outside boundary

• geometry

• device for measuring heat

• thermal

• having to do with heat

• perimeter

• study of the measurement of shapes

• thermostat

Match the following

• miles per hour in a car

• millimeter

• a little less than a centimeter long

• speedometer

• atmospheric pressure for predicting the weather

• barometer

• distance between cities

• kilometer

Who had a "bee" ring?

• Jupiter

• King Minos

• Echo

• Juno

Nymphs who lived in the rivers

• Dryads

• Naiads