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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. Who became Britain's chief oil supplier just before WWI?
(a) APOC
(b) Exxon
(c) Shell
(d) Royal Dutch

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

3. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?
(a) Guam
(b) France
(c) Japan
(d) Venezuela

4. 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) August Hogg
(b) Thomas Stirling
(c) Harold Ickes
(d) Adam Joiner

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By 1915, APOC was supplying how much of the British Navy's oil needs?

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

4. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?

5. Who tried to take over Britain's naval superiority in the 1890s, which instead strengthened Britain's resolve?

(see the answer key)

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