Read the passage from an article written in 1907, forty years after the United States purchased the Alaska territory.

The town of Fairbanks is more cosmopolitan than people on the “outside”—as we term the rest of the Union—are inclined to believe. It contains a population of at least 3,500 and is provided with telephones, electric lights and steam heat. It has three banks, a large three-story hotel, and a three-story office building. . . . I neglected to state that we have also a public water system and an excellent sewerage system, one public school, three churches, two newspapers and a hospital.

What does the word cosmopolitan mean as it is used in the passage?

advanced

popular

famous

varied

The word cosmopolitan when used to describe a city entails a city with a mix of different cultures. From the context of the passage, the usage of this word in this light means an advanced city.

We can deduce this as we see a lot of descriptions of a city that has witnessed a lot of development. The population of the city and the current facilities that can be found therein testify to the fact that the city, in this case, is advanced.

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