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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early 1930s, the United States provided how much of Japan's oil imports?
(a) 40%
(b) 90%
(c) 57%
(d) 16%

2. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?
(a) Chile
(b) Brazil
(c) Panama
(d) Mexico

3. Who did FDR appoint to head the Department of the Interior, in addition to the newly created positions of Oil Administrator and Public Works Administrator?
(a) Adam Joiner
(b) Thomas Stirling
(c) Harold Ickes
(d) August Hogg

4. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?
(a) Vasoline
(b) Naphtha
(c) Kerosene
(d) Gasoline

5. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?
(a) Citgo, Inc.
(b) Standard Oil Company
(c) Irving Oil Company
(d) Exxon Mobil, Inc.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Dad" Joiner found oil in a Texas field that came to be known as what?

2. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?

3. Which other country provided oil for Japan in the early 1930s?

4. The Rothschilds created what company in 1902?

5. In 1901, the Shah gave D'Arcy access to how much of the country?

(see the answer key)

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