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

2. Which oil company was among those who called for the U.S. to change its policy on Israel?
(a) BP
(b) Texaco
(c) Mobile
(d) Shell

3. Which German commander was stopped due to a lack of petrol in North Africa?
(a) Adolf Hitler
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Erwin Rommel
(d) Friedrich Bergius

4. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?
(a) Exxon Mobil, Inc.
(b) Citgo, Inc.
(c) Irving Oil Company
(d) Standard Oil Company

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For producing nations, oil was a source of what?

2. What cut the travel time between England and India in half?

3. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?

4. The prices of oil did what between 1970 and 1973?

5. In the early 1930s, the United States provided how much of Japan's oil imports?

(see the answer key)

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