The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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 | Four Week Quiz B

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 5, Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state was proclaimed in the Middle East that led to increasing tensions and conflicts in the region?
(a) Kuwait
(b) Israel
(c) Syria
(d) Iraq

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

3. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
(a) Leave it to Beaver
(b) M.A.S.H.
(c) The Beverly Hillbillies
(d) Green Acres

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

5. What was the greatest "if" in the Middle East after WWII?
(a) The technology for a transcontinent pipeline
(b) The creation of a Jewish state
(c) An uncertain future after Ibn Saud died
(d) The effects of a Russian invasion

Short Answer Questions

1. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?

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

3. Who become the symbol of the new age of oil?

4. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?

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

(see the answer key)

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