Jeopardy game that reviews roots and Greek myths

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2. Category 1 /100
What are the 2 most common
languages roots come from?
Greek and Latin

3. Category 1 /200
What is a root?
The main part of a word.

4. Category 1/300
Can a root stand on its own?
For example: cred
No

5. Category 1/400
What do you need to add to a
root to make it a whole word?
A prefix or a suffix (or
both)

6. Category 1/500
Why do we learn roots?
Your knowledge of the
roots’ meanings will allow
you to figure out the
meanings of MANY other
words in the English
language.

7. Category 2 /100
What is the definition of bio?
Life

8. Category 2 /200
What is the definition of
geo?
Earth

9. Category 2 /300
What is the definition of
tract?
Pull

10. Category 2 /400
What is the definition of
flect?
Bend

11. Category 2 /500
What is the definition of
dict?
Speak

12. Category 3 /100
What is one thing a god or
goddess is able to do?
Possible answers: 1. Be
human in appearance 2.
Never get old 3. Have
supernatural abilities 4.
Travel a long distance
instantly

13. Category 3 /200
What are the three things do
you need to look for when
reading a Greek myth?
1. The moral
2. The explanation
3. Connections to our
lives

14. Category 3 /300
What is a moral?
A lesson that teaches us
how to behave or treat
others in our lives.

15. Category 3 /400
Who or what is the conflict
between in a myth?
Two or more characters
OR characters and
nature.

16. Category 3 /500
What are the 4 things that
all Greek myths must have?
1. Gods and goddesses
2. Major conflict
3. An explanation why
something happened
4. A moral

17. Category 4 /100
What is the moral of
“Arachne the Spinner”?
Don’t be arrogant or
prideful

18. Category 4 /200
What does “Arachne the
Spinner” explain?
How spiders came into
this world.

19. Category 4 /300
Who or what is the conflict
between in the myth?
Arachne and Athena

20. Category 4 /400
What does Arachne do that
causes Athena to make her
feel guilt and remorse?
Arachne wove a tapestry
that showed the gods
and goddesses doing bad
things like drinking and
being careless.

21. Category 4 /500
How does the moral of this
story apply to your life?
Answers will vary. Make
sure to say how you or
someone you know was
arrogant or prideful and
what happened to you or
the other person for
being this way.

22. Category 5 /100
Based on the definition of
the root “geo”, what does
geology mean?
The study of the earth

23. Category 5 /200
Describe Athena: Who is
she?
She is a Greek goddess
who is very skilled at
weaving.

24. Category 5 /300
Can you use this root on its
own as a whole word? vis
No

25. Category 5 /400
Based on the definition of
the root “vis”, what does the
word vision mean?
The ability to see

26. Category 5 /500
Why did Athena turn
Arachne into a spider?
Athena felt back that
Arachne killed herself,
so she turned her into a
spider. That way
Arachne could weave
beautiful webs forever!