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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Britain wanted to keep whose oil out of the hands of the Russians and French in the early 1900s?
(a) Persian
(b) South African
(c) Canadian
(d) Sumatran

2. Which other country provided oil for Japan in the early 1930s?
(a) South Africa
(b) Britain
(c) Mexico
(d) Dutch East Indies

3. Japan believed that what was the biggest liability for Germans in WWI, leading to their defeat?
(a) Petroleum
(b) Money
(c) Tanks
(d) Cultural beliefs

4. Which act gave FDR power to control exports, including oil?
(a) Export Safety Act
(b) Manchurian Act of 1937
(c) Imbargo Act of 1939
(d) National Defense Act

5. In 1901, the Shah gave D'Arcy access to how much of the country?
(a) 75%
(b) 35%
(c) 15%
(d) 95%

Short Answer Questions

1. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?

2. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?

3. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?

4. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?

5. In December 1941, Japan bombed what target in the U.S.?

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