Part A Read the sentence from the text. Soon there was nearly an epidemic of hot-air balloonists trying to see how far up they c
ould soar. The origin of epidemic includes the Greek root dem, meaning "people." What does this information suggest about an epidemic? A. It affects many. B. It is easily fixed. C. It is hard to locate. D. It does not affect anyone. Part B Which word has the same Greek root as epidemic? A. epic B. episode C. demand D. democracy
The word "epidemic" has the Greek root "dem", which, as you saw in the question above, means "people". This root gives the word the concept of "many people", for this reason, an epidemic is an infection that is affecting many people at the same time and in the same place.
The same root "dem", can be found in the word "democracy", that the word that indicates a region where the government is established according to the will and sovereignty of the people, that is, once again the concept of "many people "can be established.
