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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?
(a) Boats
(b) Trains
(c) Tanker trucks
(d) Pipelines

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

3. By late 1944, 120,000 barrels of aviation gasoline were delivered daily to where?
(a) Channel Islands
(b) Guam
(c) Toyko
(d) Java

4. What was key to Hitler's aggression toward Russia?
(a) Baku oil
(b) Wanting to defeat Stalin
(c) Synthetic oils
(d) Russia's alliance with the United States

5. What did Calouste Gulbenkian come to be known as after APOC and Shell gave him shares in their companies?
(a) Oil Baron of Persia
(b) Mr. Five Percent
(c) King of Persia
(d) Controlling Interest

Short Answer Questions

1. Which German commander was stopped due to a lack of petrol in North Africa?

2. What denied foreign interests access to drilling rights on public lands if their governments denied similar access to Americans?

3. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?

4. Who favored favored domestic spending over war preparations against Germany in 1911?

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

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