When the Phrase _____ Was Coined, It Referred to _____

question 93

Multiple Choice

When the phrase _____ was coined, it referred to _____.

• A) "too big to fail"; JPMorgan and Bank One
• B) "one bank, one country"; Bank of America
• C) "laissez-faire"; the Federal Reserve
• D) "too big to fail"; Continental Illinois Bank

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Definitions:

Asthenosphere

A region of the upper mantle of the Earth, below the lithosphere, where rocks are relatively soft and can flow slowly.

Oceanic Fracture Zone

Crack or step in elevation of the seafloor that formed as a transform fault along a mid-ocean ridge but is no longer a plate boundary.

Mantle

The thick layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core, constituting most of the Earth's volume and involved in tectonic processes.

Melting

The process by which a solid substance changes to a liquid state due to an increase in temperature and/or a decrease in pressure.