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Vocabulary 22 (gen, mater, patri)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which root word means "birth, origin"?

a)

gen

b)

mater

c)

patr

d)

matri

2.

Which root word means "father"

a)

gen

b)

mater

c)

pater

d)

matri

3.

Which root word means "mother"?

a)

gen

b)

mater

c)

pater

d)

patr

4.

Which vocabulary word means "an account of ancestors and descendants"?

a)

expatriate

b)

maternity

c)

paternal

d)

genealogy

5.

Which vocabulary word means "the mother who rules the family or tribe"?

a)

matriarch

b)

patrician

c)

genesis

d)

a person who is forced to leave his/her native country

6.

Which vocabulary word means "the beginning, origin or way in which something was created"?

a)

expatriate

b)

genetics

c)

matrimony

d)

genesis

7.

Which vocabulary word means "to exile or banish; or a person who is forced to leave his/her native country"?

a)

genesis

b)

genealogy

c)

matriarch

d)

expatriate

8.

Which vocabulary word means "like a married woman; dignified, stately"?

a)

matronly

b)

maternity

c)

matrimony

d)

matriarch

9.

Which vocabulary word means "the branch of biology that deals with heredity"?

a)

genealogy

b)

genesis

c)

genetics

d)

patrician

10.

Which vocabulary word means "the state of being husband and wife; the act of being married"?

a)

maternity

b)

matrimony

c)

matriarch

d)

matronly

11.

Which vocabulary word means "fatherly; of or like a father; on the father's side of the family"?

a)

expatriate

b)

patrician

c)

genesis

d)

paternal

12.

Which vocabulary word means "a noble, high-ranking person"?

a)

paternal

b)

expatriate

c)

patrician

d)

matriarch

13.

Which vocabulary word means "the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother"?

a)

maternity

b)

matronly

c)

matrimony

d)

matriarch

14.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

matriarch

b)

expatriate

c)

maternity

d)

paternal

15.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

expatriate

b)

patrician

c)

genetics

d)

genealogy

16.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

genesis

b)

genetics

c)

matriarch

d)

matrimony

17.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

matrimony

b)

paternal

c)

expatriate

d)

genetics

18.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

genealogy

b)

genetics

c)

patrician

d)

maternity

19.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

matronly

b)

matriarch

c)

genesis

d)

paternal

20.

Which vocabulary word relates to this image?

a)

paternal

b)

matronly

c)

expatriate

d)

genesis