In the lead-up to the 20082009 crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission
A) tightened its regulation of investment banking.
B) restricted the movement of capital across borders.
C) decreased regulatory enforcement of the banking industry.
D) updated regulations to keep up with financial innovations.
The globalization of the European state system began in earnest in the ________ century.
A. twentieth
B. nineteenth
C. eighteenth
D. seventeenth
E. sixteenth
Prior to the financial crisis, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, who kept interest rates low to increase the availability of money, was
A) Simon Johnson.
B) Henry Paulson.
C) Freddie Mac.
D) Alan Greenspan.
The following are types of historical international systems EXCEPT the:
A. independent state system
B. hegemonic state system
C. imperial system
D. bipolar system
E. feudal system
The concept of systems allows us to do ALL BUT WHICH of the following?
A. Precisely describe reality
B. Differentiate between regional subsystems
C. Identify geographic boundaries of interactions
D. Analyze different entities and their impact
E. Compare types of interactions between actors
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