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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did it take Japan to seize control of the oil in the East Indies?
(a) 1 year
(b) 3 months
(c) 5 days
(d) 4 weeks

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

5. Which conflict in the Pacific was decisive victory for the Americans and turned the tide of battle between Japan and the United States?
(a) The Battle of Midway
(b) The Battle of Ormac Bay
(c) The Battle of Kula Gulf
(d) Pearl Harbor

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Germany use to try to disrupt the shipping of oil in the Atlantic?

2. From 1949-72, world oil consumption did what?

3. What document came out of the meeting, which encouraged cooperation by the oil companies?

4. What was Abdullah Tariki's nickname?

5. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?

(see the answer key)

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