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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. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?
(a) Taxi cabs
(b) German U-boats use of oil
(c) German control of Persia
(d) A broken pipeline

2. Who became Britain's chief oil supplier just before WWI?
(a) APOC
(b) Royal Dutch
(c) Shell
(d) Exxon

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

4. A Bolshevik newspaper spoke of oil as what?
(a) Liquid Gold
(b) Quick Cash
(c) Oily Funds
(d) Black Money

5. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?
(a) BP
(b) Shell
(c) Standard
(d) Exxon

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?

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

3. Japan invaded which country in 1931?

4. Which act gave FDR power to control exports, including oil?

5. Who tried to take over Britain's naval superiority in the 1890s, which instead strengthened Britain's resolve?

(see the answer key)

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