WorksheetsEnglish 11 VQ 14
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does matri mean? (Hint: patri means father.)
a)
brother
b)
baby
c)
mother
d)
pet
2.
Matri is to _________ as patri is to paternal.
a)
graham crackers
b)
matrix
c)
matriarch
d)
maternal
3.
The word stem mega means:
a)
small
b)
large
c)
phone
d)
crazy
4.
What is a megalomaniac?
a)
a person with a large, crazy family
b)
a person with an affinity for Cheese Whiz
c)
a large person with a loud voice
d)
a person obsessed with power or greatness
5.
Which one of these people could be considered a megalomaniac?
a)
Mother Teresa
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Mahatma Gandhi
d)
Barack Obama
6.
Which two word stems both mean people?
a)
pop- , vita-
b)
pop- , -ism
c)
demo- , pop-
d)
sangui- , pop-
7.
If an area or city is populous, that means it is:
a)
full of people
b)
sparsely populated
c)
popular
d)
full of Poptarts
8.
The word stem -cracy means "rule or government." A democracy is rule/government by the _____________.
a)
rich
b)
religion
c)
people
d)
king
9.
What does sanguine mean? (Hint: this type of attitude was supposed to come from having good blood.)
a)
optimistic, positive
b)
pessimistic, negative
c)
naive, immature
d)
crabby, mean
10.
Youth is the time of life when you have the most vitality AKA:
a)
frustration
b)
intelligence
c)
anger
d)
strength/energy
11.
Stereo- means (the word stem):
a)
solid
b)
sound
c)
sound system
d)
loud
12.
A stereotype is:
a)
a fact about a person/group
b)
an image/idea about a person/group
c)
usually a positive observation
d)
always correct
13.
Capitalism is:
a)
a system where business is controlled by individuals
b)
a system where business is controlled by the government
c)
a system where business is controlled by capital cities
d)
a capital idea
14.
A person who believes in altruism believes in:
a)
ignoring those in need
b)
getting ahead at all costs
c)
helping and caring about other people
d)
looking out for numero uno
15.
All of these are altruistic actions except:
a)
sharing your study guide with a friend
b)
giving a homeless person some food or a gift card
c)
paying for the meal of the next person in line
d)
cutting someone off in traffic
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