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Stems Final Study Guide

Total questions: 136

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which stem means "race; culture"?

a)

poly

b)

ethno

c)

demo

d)

gen

2.

Which stem means "people"?

a)

mono

b)

demo

c)

trans

d)

port

3.

What does the stem "port" mean?

a)

to carry

b)

race; culture

c)

across

d)

most important/ruler; primitive/ancient

4.

Which stem means "birth", "race", "origin", or "kind of"?

a)

demo

b)

geo

c)

port

d)

gen

5.

Which stem means "across"?

a)

bio

b)

bi

c)

tele

d)

mono

6.

Which stem means "most important/ruler" or "primitive/ancient"?

a)

port

b)

arch

c)

helio

d)

geo

7.

What word means "the statistical study of populations"?

a)

partriach

b)

demographics

c)

democracy

d)

ethnocentrism

8.

Which word means "a lack of government"?

a)

anarchy

b)

genocide

c)

patriarch

d)

indigenous

9.

Which word means "originating or occurring naturally in a particular place"?

a)

ethnicity

b)

democracy

c)

generation

d)

indigenous

10.

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives is referred to as . . .

a)

a democracy

b)

an oligarchy

c)

a monarchy

d)

a tyranny

11.

A category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural, or national experience is known as . . .

a)

a genocide

b)

a matriarch

c)

a patriarch

d)

an ethnicity

12.

The male head of a family or tribe is called the . . .

a)

dad

b)

patriarch

c)

monarch

d)

anarchy

13.

The Holocaust is an example of ____________ because it was

the killing of an entire people belonging to the same race, religion, or nation.

a)

a generation

b)

democracy

c)

genocide

d)

portability

14.

__________________ is a form of government with a monarch at the head.

a)

A monarchy

b)

An oligarchy

c)

A tyranny

d)

A dictatorship

15.

If you believe that your race is superior to all others, you are. . .

a)

Racist

b)

Sexist

c)

Ethnocentric

d)

Portable

16.

If you can carry an object from one place to another without dropping it, it is . . .

a)

or this one

b)

not this one

c)

portable

d)

or that one

17.

What does the stem "tract" mean?

a)

sun

b)

pull or drag

c)

star

d)

new

18.

What does the stem "paleo" mean?

a)

new

b)

ancient

c)

birth place; origin

d)

equal

19.

What does the stem "equi" mean?

a)

equal

b)

not equal

c)

new

d)

ancient

20.

What does the stem "neo" mean?

a)

new

b)

old

c)

pull or drag

d)

sun

21.

What does the stem "stella" mean?

a)

star

b)

new

c)

earth

d)

moon

22.

What does the stem "trans" mean?

a)

science

b)

origin; birthplace

c)

tele

d)

across

23.

What does the stem "sol" mean?

a)

sun

b)

star

c)

moon

d)

sky

24.

Which vocabulary word means a state in which opposing influences or forces are balanced?

a)

stellar

b)

indigenous

c)

telegraph

d)

equilibrium

25.

Which vocabulary word means the action of drawing or pulling a thing over a surface?

a)

stellar

b)

traction

c)

paleontology

d)

teleport

26.

Which vocabulary word means featuring the quality of a star performer; exceptionally good or outstanding?

a)

stellar

b)

solstice

c)

socialize

d)

translator

27.

Which vocabulary word means a branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants?

a)

genocide

b)

equilibrium

c)

paleontology

d)

translator

28.

Which vocabulary word means a person who translates from one language to another, especially as a profession?

a)

translator

b)

monarch

c)

patriarch

d)

matriarch

29.

What vocabulary word means an astronomical event that occurs 2X a year as the sun reaches its highest or lowest point?

a)

solar

b)

paleontology

c)

solstice

d)

eclipse

30.

What does the stem "astro" mean?

a)

Star

b)

Sun

c)

Moon

d)

Space

31.

What does the stem "chron" mean

a)

hard

b)

time

c)

often

d)

turn

32.

What does the stem "helio" mean?

a)

high

b)

low

c)

sun

d)

star

33.

What does the stem "vert" mean?

a)

time

b)

up

c)

down

d)

turn

34.

What does the stem "temp/tempo" mean?

a)

music

b)

heat

c)

time

d)

turn

35.

Which word mean "representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system"?

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Astronomy

d)

Astrology

36.

Which word means "the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe"?

a)

Averted

b)

Geography

c)

Astronomy

d)

Temporal

37.

Which word means "turn away"?

a)

vertex

b)

temporal

c)

chronic

d)

averted

38.

Which word means the "highest point; the top or apex"?

a)

vertex

b)

vertical

c)

tempo

d)

helio

39.

Which word means "relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular"?

a)

Temporal

b)

Tempo

c)

Heliocentric

d)

Chronic

40.

Which word means "persisting for a long time or constantly recurring"?

a)

chronic

b)

chronological

c)

heliograph

d)

tempo

41.

Which word means "the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played"?

a)

temporal

b)

tempo

c)

heliocentric

d)

vertex

42.

Which word means "a signaling device by which sunlight is reflected in flashes from a movable mirror"?

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geograph

c)

heliograph

d)

astronomy

43.

Which stem means "stretch and strain"?

a)

Tend

b)

Tens

c)

Tenu

d)

All of the answers

44.

Which stem means "to send"?

a)

Miss

b)

Mit

c)

Miss and Mit

d)

None of the answers

45.

Which stem means "move"?

a)

Mobil

b)

Mot

c)

Mov

d)

All of the answers

46.

Which word means "a flexible but inelastic cord of strong tissue attaching a muscle to a bone"?

a)

Tendon

b)

Tenuous

c)

Demote

d)

Patriarch

47.

Which word means "the ability to move or be moved freely and easily"?

a)

Portable

b)

Mobility

c)

Demote

d)

Admission

48.

Which word means "broadcast or send out (an electrical signal or a radio or television program)"?

a)

genocide

b)

translate

c)

transmit

d)

traction

49.

Which word means "very slender or fine; insubstantial"?

a)

Tentative

b)

chronological

c)

heliocentric

d)

Tenuous

50.

Which word means "give (someone) a lower rank or less senior position, usually as a punishment"?

a)

Demote

b)

demographics

c)

Democracy

d)

Motivate

51.

Which word means "with earnest and eager attention"?

a)

intensive

b)

intently

c)

Tendon

d)

astronaut

52.

Which word means "concentrated on a single area or subject; very thorough or vigorous"?

a)

admission

b)

intent

c)

intensive

d)

monarchy

53.

Which word means "the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or institution"?

a)

mobility

b)

chronic

c)

temporal

d)

Admission

54.

Which stem means "away and from"?

a)

Cata

b)

under

c)

ad

d)

De

55.

Which stem means "down"?

a)

mal

b)

helio

c)

sol

d)

cata

56.

Which stem means "below or beneath"?

a)

De

b)

Under

c)

ex/e/ef

d)

Ad

57.

Which stem means "to, toward"?

a)

De

b)

Ex/E/Ef

c)

Ad

d)

trans

58.

Which stem means "bad or evil"?

a)

Demo

b)

Mal

c)

Cata

d)

Mono

59.

Which stem means "out, from"?

a)

poly

b)

di

c)

Ex/E/Ef

d)

auto

60.

Which word means "disembark from an aircraft"?

a)

admonish

b)

catapult

c)

deplane

d)

demographics

61.

Which word means "a device in which accumulated tension is suddenly released to hurl an object"?

a)

genocide

b)

heliograph

c)

catapult

d)

malcontent

62.

Which word means "pay too little to someone"?

a)

partriarch

b)

underpaid

c)

genocide

d)

evict

63.

Which word means "warn or reprimand someone firmly"?

a)

chronic

b)

admonish

c)

geothermal

d)

evict

64.

Which word means "a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious"?

a)

deplane

b)

democracy

c)

malcontent

d)

monarchy

65.

Which word means "hold something out to someone"?

a)

evict

b)

underpaid

c)

extend

d)

transmit

66.

Which word means " expel someone from a property, especially with the support of the law"?

a)

catapult

b)

extend

c)

deplane

d)

evict

67.

Which word means "liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea"?

a)

seismograph

b)

evict

c)

effluent

d)

malcontent

68.

What does the stem "A" mean?

a)

with

b)

before

c)

not, without

d)

against

69.

What does the stem "AMBI" mean?

a)

around, both

b)

before

c)

neither

d)

after

70.

What does the stem "ANTI" mean?

a)

for

b)

bacteria

c)

against

d)

human, man

71.

What does the stem "ANTE" mean?

a)

belief, to believe

b)

after

c)

around, both

d)

before

72.

What does the stem "ANTHRO" mean?

a)

alien

b)

around, both

c)

human, man

d)

against

73.

What does the stem "CRED" mean?

a)

false

b)

belief, to believe

c)

not

d)

before

74.

What does the stem "IM/IN" mean?

a)

me

b)

not

c)

against

d)

around, both

75.

Which word means "not having or showing good manners; rude"?

a)

monarchy

b)

atypical

c)

impolite

d)

effluent

76.

Which word means "not representative of a type, group, or class"?

a)

typical

b)

heliograph

c)

atypical

d)

admonish

77.

Which word means "able to use the right and left hands equally well"?

a)

antebellum

b)

ambidextrous

c)

evict

d)

philanthropist

78.

Which word means "occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War"?

a)

antebellum

b)

deplane

c)

prehistoric

d)

antifreeze

79.

Which word means "a liquid that can be added to water to lower the freezing point"?

a)

effluent

b)

antifreeze

c)

admonish

d)

intuitive

80.

Which word means "a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others by donations to good causes"?

a)

patriarch

b)

ambidextrous

c)

democracy

d)

philanthropist

81.

Which word means "difficult to believe; extraordinary"?

a)

admission

b)

incredible

c)

tenuous

d)

chronic

82.

Which word means "using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning"?

a)

intuitive

b)

transmit

c)

genocide

d)

atypical

83.

Which stem means "mother"?

a)

Matri/Mater

b)

Patri/Pater

c)

Frater

d)

Soror

84.

Which stem means "Father"?

a)

Frater

b)

Soror

c)

Mater/Matri

d)

Patri/Pater

85.

Which stem means "to change form or character"?

a)

Ante

b)

Morph

c)

Helio

d)

Trans

86.

Which stem means "sister"?

a)

Frater

b)

Soror

c)

Pater/Patri

d)

Mater/Matri

87.

Which stem means "brother"?

a)

Frater

b)

Soror

c)

Mater/Matri

d)

Pater/Patri

88.

Which word means "the state or ceremony of being married; marriage"?

a)

Evict

b)

Equilibrium

c)

Matrimony

d)

Matriculation

89.

Which word means "a group of people sharing a common profession or interests"?

a)

culture

b)

demographic

c)

fraternity

d)

sorority

90.

Which word means "a society for female students in a university or college"?

a)

sorority

b)

fraternity

c)

paternity

d)

maternity

91.

Which word mean "devotion to and vigorous support for one's country"?

a)

patriotism

b)

amorphous

c)

equilibrium

d)

evict

92.

Which word means "(especially in legal contexts) the state of being someone's father"?

a)

sorority

b)

maternity

c)

paternity

d)

fraternity

93.

Which word means "without a clearly defined shape or form"?

a)

admonish

b)

amorphous

c)

metamorphosis

d)

patriotism

94.

Which word means "the action of becoming enrolled at a college or university"?

a)

metamorphosis

b)

amorphous

c)

matriculation

d)

matrimony

95.

Which word means "transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages"?

a)

amorphous

b)

matriculation

c)

matrimony

d)

metamorphosis

96.

What does the stem "bene/boun/bon" mean?

a)

good

b)

people

c)

war

d)

again

97.

What does the stem "belli" mean?

a)

good

b)

people

c)

war

d)

again

98.

What does the stem "fer" mean?

a)

good

b)

carry, bring

c)

war

d)

again

99.

What does the stem "ject" mean?

a)

good

b)

carry, bring

c)

war

d)

to throw

100.

What does the stem "pre" mean?

a)

before

b)

carry, bring

c)

after

d)

to throw

101.

What does the stem "post" mean?

a)

before

b)

carry, bring

c)

after

d)

to throw

102.

What does the stem "re" mean?

a)

before

b)

again

c)

after

d)

to throw

103.

What does the stem "cede/ceed/cess" mean?

a)

before

b)

again

c)

after

d)

go, yield, surrender

104.

Which word means "large in quantity; abundant"?

a)

bountiful

b)

belligerent

c)

successful

d)

post-apocalyptic

105.

Which word means "a nation engaged in war or

conflict, as recognized by international law"?

a)

bountiful

b)

belligerent

c)

successful

d)

post-apocalyptic

106.

Which word means "pass a matter to one with more

authority or expertise for a decision"?

a)

referred

b)

belligerent

c)

successful

d)

post-apocalyptic

107.

Which word means "to extend outward beyond

something else"?

a)

referred

b)

belligerent

c)

project

d)

post-apocalyptic

108.

Which word means "come before (something) in time"?

a)

referred

b)

precede

c)

project

d)

post-apocalyptic

109.

Which word means "relating to the period before

written records"?

a)

referred

b)

precede

c)

prehistoric

d)

post-apocalyptic

110.

Which word means "accomplishing an aim or purpose"?

a)

referred

b)

precede

c)

prehistoric

d)

successful

111.

Which word means "denoting or relating to the time

following a nuclear war or other catastrophic event"?

a)

post-apocalyptic

b)

precede

c)

prehistoric

d)

successful

112.

What does the stem "SYN/SYM/SYL/SYS" mean?

a)

same

b)

different

c)

with, together, along with

d)

see

113.

Which stem means "same"?

a)

hetero

b)

homo

c)

helio

d)

syn/sym/syl/sys

114.

What does the stem "vid/vis" mean?

a)

same

b)

sun

c)

different

d)

see

115.

Which word means "the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom"?

a)

vision (n.)

b)

visual

c)

vision (v.)

d)

evident

116.

Which word means "plain or obvious; clearly seen or understood"?

a)

vision

b)

evident

c)

evidence

d)

evict

117.

Which word means "caused to occur or operate at the same time or rate"?

a)

synchronized

b)

systematic

c)

sympathy

d)

syllables

118.

Which word means "feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune"?

a)

synchronized

b)

systematic

c)

sympathy

d)

syllables

119.

Which word means "unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound"?

a)

synchronized

b)

systematic

c)

sympathy

d)

syllables

120.

Which word means "done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical"?

a)

synchronized

b)

systematic

c)

sympathy

d)

syllables

121.

Which word means "consisting of parts of all of the same kind"?

a)

heterogeneous

b)

homogeneous

c)

heliograph

d)

hierarchy

122.

Which word means "diverse in character or content"?

a)

heterogeneous

b)

homogeneous

c)

heliograph

d)

hierarchy

123.

What does the stem "cide" mean?

a)

body

b)

killing

c)

death

d)

side

124.

What does the stem "corp/corpor" mean?

a)

body

b)

work

c)

job

d)

death

125.

What does the stem "dict" mean?

a)

ruler

b)

say, declare

c)

true, genuine

d)

free

126.

What does the stem "liber/liver" mean?

a)

free

b)

organ

c)

open

d)

body

127.

What does the stem "ver/veri" mean?

a)

honest

b)

body

c)

to govern, to rule; having authority

d)

true, genuine

128.

What does the stem "cracy/cratic" mean?

a)

to govern, to rule; having authority

b)

crazy

c)

addiction

d)

government

129.

Which word means "the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another"?

a)

homicide

b)

corpse

c)

autocracy

d)

dictation

130.

Which word means "a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal"?

a)

homicide

b)

corpse

c)

verdict

d)

bureaucracy

131.

Which word means "the action of saying words aloud to be typed, written down, or recorded"?

a)

liberation

b)

autocracy

c)

bureaucracy

d)

dictation

132.

Which word means "the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression"?

a)

liberation

b)

dictation

c)

corporate

d)

verdict

133.

Which word means "a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest"?

a)

democracy

b)

corporate

c)

verdict

d)

autocracy

134.

Which word means "a system of government in which the important decisions are made by state officials rather than elected representatives"?

a)

autocracy

b)

corporation

c)

bureaucracy

d)

democracy

135.

Which word means "relating to a large company or group"?

a)

corporate

b)

verdict

c)

liberation

d)

autocracy

136.

Which word means "a system of government by one person with absolute power"?

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

bureaucracy

d)

verdict

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