The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Daniel Yergin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Daniel Yergin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Britain wanted to keep whose oil out of the hands of the Russians and French in the early 1900s?
(a) Canadian
(b) South African
(c) Persian
(d) Sumatran

2. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?
(a) BP
(b) Standard
(c) Exxon
(d) Shell

3. "Dad" Joiner found oil in a Texas field that came to be known as what?
(a) The Black Giant
(b) The Cash Creator
(c) The Liquid Bank
(d) The Oil Gusher

4. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?
(a) Synthetic fuels
(b) Petroleum
(c) Oil
(d) Nitrogen

5. In 1901, the Shah gave D'Arcy access to how much of the country?
(a) 15%
(b) 75%
(c) 35%
(d) 95%

Short Answer Questions

1. Stalin wanted oil from which country to supplement Soviet production?

2. The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 did what?

3. Who used radio to mobilize Arab nationalism and stir up the whole Third World?

4. Which country placed troops in the Canal Zone to protect it for oil purposes?

5. Who stepped in to restore order as majors and independents feuded in the United States?

(see the answer key)

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