Greek and Latin Roots 1
This root is in the word generation and generate. gen means...
What is "birth"?
cogn is a root that is a part of the word recognize... and the word incognito.
know...
aud means...
sound, hearing...
The year that Christopher Columbus sailed to the so called "New World" but didn't discover it because people were already there.
1492
This root is in the word photograph and photocopy and means...
what is "photo" meaning light?
sign in signature and significant means...
mark... like one's mark and remarkable.
vis =
what is "see"
The first kidnapped Africans from the Ndongo kingdom came to Jamestown.
What is 1619?
The root meaning life is a part of the word meaning "the study of life"
what is "bio"? as in biology.
the root photo means...
light
struct =
what is "build"?
The Civil War was fought over slavery and ended this year. After the war, slavery became outlawed in the United States in this year.
What is 1865?
spec means... (a spectator is a person that ...)
see... spectators are watching an event.
maternity uses the root mater which means
mother
Nat in "native" and "natural" means
what is "born"?
Jamestown was founded in this year as the first permanent British colony.
What is 1607?
Aquarium has the root aqua... meaning
water
generation has the greek root gen meaning...
what is "birth"?
ped in pedal means...
what is "foot" or "feet"?
The Declaration of Independence said to King George... that the United States would no longer belong to Great Britain or follow the king.
What is 1776?