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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. Oil industry lore calls the war years what?
(a) The Stand in Arabia
(b) Time of the Hundred Men
(c) Germany's Fury
(d) The Saudi Alamo

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

3. What cut the travel time between England and India in half?
(a) The Panama Canal
(b) The Suez Canal
(c) The Indian Canal
(d) The Sioux Canal

4. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
(a) 50%
(b) 25%
(c) 10%
(d) 90%

5. What was Abdullah Tariki's nickname?
(a) Oil King
(b) Elephant
(c) Red Sheikh
(d) Shah of Petroleum

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a parent company of Casoc?

2. Which country was not represented at the meeting?

3. Japan invaded which country in 1931?

4. Who volunteered to lead a cross-country motor caravan to demonstrate the value of motor transportation and to dramatize the need for better highways?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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