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

2. How did Eisenhower feel about the attack on Egypt?
(a) Resigned and depressed
(b) Surprised and angry
(c) Cautiously happy
(d) Indifferent

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

4. What was key to Hitler's aggression toward Russia?
(a) Wanting to defeat Stalin
(b) Russia's alliance with the United States
(c) Baku oil
(d) Synthetic oils

5. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?
(a) Tank factories
(b) Synthetic fuel plants
(c) Concentration camps
(d) German submarines

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rothschilds created what company in 1902?

2. What was the greatest "if" in the Middle East after WWII?

3. When did traffic in the Canal resume after the attack?

4. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?

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

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