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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Dad" Joiner found oil in a Texas field that came to be known as what?
(a) The Cash Creator
(b) The Black Giant
(c) The Liquid Bank
(d) The Oil Gusher

2. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?
(a) London-Turkey Treaty
(b) England-Persia Agreement
(c) English-Saudi Agreement
(d) Anglo-Russian Convention

3. Who stepped in to restore order as majors and independents feuded in the United States?
(a) North American Oil Commission (NAOC)
(b) United States Automobile Association (USAA)
(c) California Oil Association (COA)
(d) Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)

4. The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 did what?
(a) Resumed Russian oil shipments to Germany
(b) Gave Poland to Russia
(c) Ended the Prussian War
(d) Created an alliance aganist Britain

5. Britain and France joined with what country to plan an attack on Egypt?
(a) Germany
(b) Japan
(c) The United States
(d) Israel

Short Answer Questions

1. A Bolshevik newspaper spoke of oil as what?

2. When did traffic in the Canal resume after the attack?

3. Early in 1942, Hitler developed which plan, aimed at the Caucasus and beyond, to the oil fields of Iran and Iraq, and onward to India?

4. Stalin wanted oil from which country to supplement Soviet production?

5. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?

(see the answer key)

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