The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 Contributed to the Largest Sovereign

question 48

Multiple Choice

The financial crisis of 2007-2009 contributed to the largest sovereign default in history by which one of these countries?

• A) Italy
• B) Portugal
• C) Ireland
• D) Greece

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Definitions:

Nikola Khrushchev

A Soviet politician who served as the leader of the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War, known for initiating the de-Stalinization process and facing the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Tehran Conference

A strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943, during World War II, held in Tehran, Iran, which focused on war strategy and post-war reorganization.

Yalta Conference

Meeting of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at a Crimean resort to discuss the postwar world on February 4–11, 1945; Joseph Stalin claimed large areas in eastern Europe for Soviet domination.

Iron Curtain

Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union’s eastern European satellites.