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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What remained important in finding oil in the 1920s?
(a) Aerial pictures
(b) Communication
(c) Luck
(d) Geological studies

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

3. "Dad" Joiner found oil in a Texas field that came to be known as what?
(a) The Liquid Bank
(b) The Cash Creator
(c) The Oil Gusher
(d) The Black Giant

4. The Rothschilds created what company in 1902?
(a) Asiatic Petroleum Company
(b) Royal Dutch Company
(c) Standard Oil Company
(d) Shell Oil Company

5. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?
(a) Alexander Graham Bell
(b) Henry Ford
(c) Thomas Edison
(d) Orville Wright

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?

3. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?

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

5. What did Calouste Gulbenkian come to be known as after APOC and Shell gave him shares in their companies?

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