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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By late 1944, 120,000 barrels of aviation gasoline were delivered daily to where?

2. What overcame Ibn Saud's reticence to allow infidel money into his kingdom?

3. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?

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

5. What "taboo" did Venezuela break in the 1940s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who bid successfully on the Kuwait Neutral Zone concession? Why did he bid on the concession? What deal was struck?

2. How was Standard Oil formed? Who was involved in this venture?

3. What was the meeting at Achnacarry Castle about? Who was involved? What was the outcome?

4. What was part of Hitler's motivation to invade Russia? Why? Was he successful?

5. Into what areas did Standard Oil expand? What was its place in oil production?

6. Who found an economical way to get oil? Where did he get the information from? What happened after he discovered this?

7. What invention threatened Standard's profits? What product did Standard begin focusing on? Was this strategy successful?

8. How did the automobile transform American society?

9. What happened to oil and gas consumption and demand in the United States after the war? What effects did this have?

10. What event in 1947 in the Gulf of Mexico led to questions? What issues arose from this? What other products did the United States become interested in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the development of the Middle East as a power in the oil industry. Why did the Middle East become important in the industry? What role has this region played in the industry? What aspects has the region influence in terms of oil? Give specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How did oil change the ways in which wars are fought? How has oil been used as a weapon in war? How did oil change the weaponry and machinery of war starting with World War I?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the wars discussed in the book, such as the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, or World War II. Discuss the role that oil played in the causes and outcomes of the war. How did oil influence the direction and outcome of the war? What impact did oil have on the war and the way that it was fought?

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