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Where does this come from?

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "chronological" comes from

a)

Cronus

b)

Uranus

c)

Zeus

d)

Chaos

2.

The word "martial" comes from

a)

Mars, the Roman god of war

b)

Mars, the chocolate bar

c)

Mars, the Greek god of war

d)

Mars, the Roman goddess of the moon

3.

The word "cereal" comes from

a)

Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest

b)

Ceres, the Greek goddess of the harvest

c)

Ceres, the goddess of victory

d)

Series, one thing that happens after another

4.

The word "phobia" comes from

a)

Phobos, the god of fear

b)

photons

c)

electrons

d)

protons

5.

The word "lethal" comes

a)

the River Lethe, the river of forgetfulness in Hades

b)

the River Styx

c)

the Merrimack River

d)

the River of Life

6.

The word "cloth" comes from

a)

Clotho, one of the Fates

b)

Clotho, one of the Muses

c)

Clotho, a clothing store in the Underworld

7.

The word "hypnotic" comes from

a)

Hypnos, the god of sleep

b)

hippopotamus

c)

Uranus

d)

Odysseus

8.

The word "mercurial" comes from

a)

the Roman god, Mercury, messenger of the gods.

b)

the Roman god, Pluto

c)

the Roman god, Jupiter

d)

Gaea, Mother Earth

9.

What does the word "labyrinth" refer to

a)

the maze where Theseus killed the Minotaur

b)

a science lab

c)

a map of the underworld

10.

Where does the word "atlas" come from?

a)

the Titan who held the world on his shoulder

b)

the Greek god "Map"

c)

the Roman god "World"

d)

None of the above

11.

What do the words "geography" and "geology" have in common?

a)

Their root "geo" is named for Gaea, Mother Earth

b)

They begin with "g"

c)

They end with "y"

12.

Where does the word "arachnid" come from?

a)

Arachne who challenged Athena to a weaving contest

b)

Athena who challenged Poseidon to a weaving contest

c)

Aphrodite and Arachne's weaving contest

13.

The word "panic" comes from

a)

Pan, who sometimes caused fears among mortals

b)

Hades because people were afraid of him.

c)

Cerberus because he was Hades' terrifying watch dog

14.

Where does the word "uranium" come from?

a)

Uranus, the god of the sky

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Luna

15.

What does an odyssey refer to?

a)

Odysseus who took 10 years to get home from Troy

b)

the mini-van Odyssey

c)

the book The Odyssey

16.

A Herculean task would be

a)

extremely difficult

b)

easy

c)

never ending

17.

What does the word "lunar" refer to?

a)

the Roman goddess of the moon, Luna

b)

the Greek goddess, Selene

c)

the Greek goddess, Artemis

d)

the Roman goddess, Diana