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

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

3. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was placed in control of what country?
(a) Iran
(b) Israel
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Syria

4. Japan believed that what was the biggest liability for Germans in WWI, leading to their defeat?
(a) Money
(b) Cultural beliefs
(c) Tanks
(d) Petroleum

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?

2. What did Britain capture to secure the strategic approaches to oil and ensure the safety of the Amir of Kuwait?

3. By late 1944, 120,000 barrels of aviation gasoline were delivered daily to where?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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