Study of...
U.S. Culture
Geography
Prefixes and Suffixes
Miscellaneous ESL
100

Pathology is the study of what?

Disease/illness

100

This city is known as the birthplace of Jazz.

New Orleans, Louisiana

100

What is the capital of Greece?

Athens

100

Re-, as in regain, is a prefix meaning...

Again

100

What two words can be used to indicate a phrase is a simile?

Like or As

200

Oncology is the study of what?

Cancer

200

This "East Coast sport" was first played by indigenous American tribes.

Lacrosse

200

Coffee originated from this continent.

Africa

200

Post- is a prefix that means...

After

200

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences is known as what?

Syntax

300

People who study the fossils of dinosaurs are known as what?

Paleontologists

300

This American artist was known for bold natural depictions, including flowers and landscapes.

Georgia O'Keeffe

300

While Kazakh is the national language of Kazakhstan, this is their official language.

Russian

300

-Dom, as in freedom, is a suffix that indicates what?

a place or state of being

300

A gerund is derived from a verb but functions as a noun, often ending in these three letters...

-ing

400

A hematologist studies this...

Blood
400

Who holds the record for most Oscars won (at 26)?

Walt Disney

400

Cape Verde is an island nation that is a former colony of what European country?

Portugal

400

-Ness is a suffix that often indicates what?

a state of being

400

A noun or noun phrase that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun in a sentence is known as what?

Appositive

500

The study of fish is known by this term.

Ichthyology

500

This African American author's 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is ranked by TIME as a top 100 English-language novel.

James Baldwin

500

This flag features three legs connected to each other on a red background.

Isle of Man

500

Ante- is a prefix that means what?

Before

500

This is the rarest verb tense in the English language.

The future perfect continuous (in the passive voice)

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