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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 product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?
(a) Naphtha
(b) Kerosene
(c) Gasoline
(d) Vasoline

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

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

4. What agreement signed in 1944, assured "equity" to all parties, including the oil producing countries?
(a) Saudi-English Oil Pact
(b) Kuwait-Saudi Agreement
(c) Saudi-American Oil Pact
(d) Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement

5. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Immanuel Nobel
(c) Nils von Dardel
(d) Nicklas Lidstrom

Short Answer Questions

1. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?

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

3. Oil prices dropped after what event?

4. U.S. oil production rose how much between 1940 and 1945?

5. "Dad" Joiner found oil in a Texas field that came to be known as what?

(see the answer key)

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