The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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 | Eight Week Quiz F

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 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did 100,000 people celebrate in 1970 in the United States?
(a) The end of the Korean War
(b) Christmas
(c) Earth Day
(d) The release of the film "Jaws"

2. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Immanuel Nobel
(c) Marcus Samuel
(d) John D. Rockefeller

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

4. What was lacking in the mid-19th century in regard to oil?
(a) A belief in oil's uses
(b) The technology to convert oil to something usable
(c) A use for it
(d) An economical way to harvest it

5. Enrico Mattei did what to change the oil situation in the Middle East?
(a) Negotiated with Iran
(b) Refused to buy from Egypt
(c) Broke the 50/50 rule
(d) Bought oil from Saudi Arabia

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1960 Jersey cut prices by what percent, with competitors following suit, with little enthusiasm but considerable alarm?

2. Venezuela nationalized oil production in what year?

3. Who did FDR meet with at the Suez Canal Zone after Yalta?

4. Which conflict in the Pacific was decisive victory for the Americans and turned the tide of battle between Japan and the United States?

5. What years were OPEC's Golden Age?

(see the answer key)

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