This term refers to a group with a similar ethnic or cultural background, who may or may not live in a common geographic area. what is this

I believe the answer is: nations

Explanation:

To be considered a nation, the area had to fulfil 3 criteria. It has to had a border, a government, and group of citizens. Even if the members of the nations is somehow had to live in another nation's territory, they can still maintain their citizenship as long as they follow the regulations created by their government.

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.

the big stick policy was to still look powerful, and be nice at the same time. the big stick policy was also to countries who were at war, find peace with eachother.

the dollar diplomacy was to expand american business and get it to latin america, for that would be good for the economy.

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