Question

passage 1: cross of gold by representative william jennings bryan 1 the gentleman who just preceded me governor russell spoke of the old state of massachusetts. let me assure him that not one person in all this convention entertains the least hostility to the people of the state of massachusetts. 2 but we stand here representing people who are the equals before the law of the largest cities in the state of massachusetts. when you come before us and tell us that we shall disturb your business interests, we reply that you have disturbed our business interests by your action. we say to you that you have made too limited in its application the definition of a businessman. the man who is employed for wages is as much a businessman as his employer. the attorney in a country town is as much a businessman as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. the merchant at the crossroads store is as much a businessman as the merchant of new york. (paragraph 2) 25 select the word from passage 1 that comes from a greek root word meaning city.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the Greek root for "city". The word "metropolis" has the Greek root "polis" (meaning "city") and "metro-" (related to mother or chief). In the passage, "metropolis" appears in "corporation counsel in a great metropolis". Other words like "attorney", "merchant" don't have Greek roots meaning "city". So the word is "metropolis".

Answer:

metropolis