Latin Roots Quiz

What is the Latin root for "place" as used in the words "location" and "local"?

• sign

• nat

• loc

• ped

Which Latin root means "mark" and is found in the words "signature" and "significant"?

• loc

• cogn

• sign

• nat

The Latin root "nat" is associated with which of the following concepts?

• Walking

• Knowing

• Being born

• Hiding

What does the Latin root "cogn" mean, as seen in the words "recognize" and "incognito"?

• To walk

• To hide

• To mark

• To know

If you go _____________ people do not know who you are.

• innate

• signal

• pedestrian

• incognito

An animal that walks on two feet is considered to be ______.

• innate

• local

• biped

• nation

A talent you were born with is ____________.

• local

• innate

• recognizable

• pedestrian

Which Latin root is used to describe someone who walks, as in "pedestrian" and "biped"?

• nat

• loc

• cogn

• ped

What prefix means "two"?

• uni-

• bi-

• tri-

• quad-

Identify the two words from the clues that have the prefix meaning "two."

• location and local

• signature and signal

• natives and nation

• pedestrian and biped