Asked by Jill

A)
If the root
metro
means “mother” and
polis
means “city,” which sentence uses
metropolis
correctly?
(1 point)
Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest, is my favorite city to visit.
I tell people I live in Atlanta, but I really live in the suburban metropolis nearby.
The metropolis ruled over the city in a just and fair way.
The family emigrated from their metropolis, or mother country.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest, is my favorite city to visit.

Explanation: "Metropolis" means a large, important city. The other sentences misuse it (suburban area isn't a metropolis; a metropolis doesn't "rule" another city in that sense; and it doesn't mean "mother country").