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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country did the United States begin transshipping to in 1940?
(a) Russia
(b) Israel
(c) Poland
(d) England

2. Who instituted a vast building project in the British Navy to transform the fleet to use oil?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Kaiser Wilhelm
(c) Daniel D'Arcy
(d) Woodrow Wilson

3. What did Britain capture to secure the strategic approaches to oil and ensure the safety of the Amir of Kuwait?
(a) Tehran
(b) Basra
(c) Beirut
(d) Jerusalem

4. For producing nations, oil was a source of what?
(a) Pride
(b) Serenity
(c) Inequality
(d) Hardship

5. What was the name of the pipeline that stretched from Texas to the East Coast?
(a) The Dog Collar
(b) Big Inch
(c) The Alamo Bootstrap
(d) Little Pip

Short Answer Questions

1. Which oil company was among those who called for the U.S. to change its policy on Israel?

2. Who did FDR appoint to head the Department of the Interior, in addition to the newly created positions of Oil Administrator and Public Works Administrator?

3. Permanent oil platforms had to withstand waves that were how high?

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

5. Where was a vast gas field found?

(see the answer key)

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