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

2. Japan invaded which country in 1931?
(a) Korea
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Russia

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

4. Who set up the Eastern and General Syndicate to develop business opportunities in the Middle East?
(a) Frank Holmes
(b) Thomas Neville
(c) Robert Nelson
(d) Winston Churchill

5. Who subdued much of Arabia and negotiated the exchange of oil for money for his country?
(a) Chaim Weizmann
(b) Harry St. John Bridger
(c) Ibn Saud
(d) Rub al-Khali

Short Answer Questions

1. What remained important in finding oil in the 1920s?

2. J. N. Pews in 1876 pioneered the use of natural gas to light which city?

3. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?

4. Japan believed that what was the biggest liability for Germans in WWI, leading to their defeat?

5. In August 1928, Deterding met where with Heinrich Riedemann of Jersey Standard-Germany, Cadman of APOC, William Mellon of Gulf, Robert Stewart of Indiana and others to discuss the oil industry?

(see the answer key)

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