What Term Originally Referred to a Distinct Group of People

question 23

Multiple Choice

What term originally referred to a distinct group of people with a shared place of origin, but is now most commonly used to refer to a country?

• A) state
• B) imagined community
• C) nation
• D) nation-state

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Definitions:

Social Change

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501(c)(3)

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