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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state was proclaimed in the Middle East that led to increasing tensions and conflicts in the region?
(a) Kuwait
(b) Iraq
(c) Syria
(d) Israel

2. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?
(a) Cheap gas
(b) Airplanes
(c) Electricity
(d) Coal

3. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?
(a) 2 years' worth
(b) 5 years' worth
(c) 9 week's worth
(d) 1 month's worth

4. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?
(a) Synthetic fuels
(b) Petroleum
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Oil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country placed troops in the Canal Zone to protect it for oil purposes?

2. What was the most competitive market in the world in the 1950s-60s?

3. In 1960 Jersey cut prices by what percent, with competitors following suit, with little enthusiasm but considerable alarm?

4. Oil industry lore calls the war years what?

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

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