Leading up to the 2008–2009 financial crisis, the insurance on securities sold by American International Group was called ________.

a. collateralized debt obligations
b. bistro deals
c. derivatives
d. credit default swaps


d. credit default swaps

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Common law is a set of __________ that originates in __________.

A. judge-made laws; Germany B. judge-made laws; England C. Parliamentary laws; France D. Congressional laws; the Articles of Confederation period E. state laws; Pennsylvania

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The success of industrialization in the Global East challenges earlier ethnocentric assumptions

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Suppose you wanted to take a sample of adults in your state for a face-to-face survey. Of the choices given below, which sampling technique would be the best to use?

A. quota sampling B. random sampling C. multi-stage cluster sampling D. haphazard sampling

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Which of the following would demonstrate institutionalized power?

a. the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a law as unconstitutional b. the majority of Americans being in agreement on a major issue in an opinion poll c. a large corporation using its influence to receive generous tax breaks d. a significant increase in consumer confidence

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