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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Kula Gulf
(b) The Battle of Midway
(c) Pearl Harbor
(d) The Battle of Ormac Bay

2. Stalin wanted oil from which country to supplement Soviet production?
(a) Iran
(b) Kuwait
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) India

3. In 1972, The Limits to Growth predicted that within 100 years what would happen?
(a) New oil fields would be developed
(b) Oil would be depleted
(c) Solar power would become more important than oil
(d) Oil production would be focused in the Arctic

4. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a massive coordinated attack on which country?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) Israel

5. What was one of OPEC's goals when it was founded?
(a) To sell oil as cheaply as possible
(b) To keep Western nations out of Arabia
(c) To take over the world's oil production
(d) To restore the price of oil to its precut level

Short Answer Questions

1. Oil producing countries were assigned quotas with what target in mind per day?

2. Who feared the demise of OPEC?

3. Which country wanted to attended OPEC's 1986 meeting as an observer?

4. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?

5. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?

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