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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. Who bought out Maurice Clark for $72,000?
(a) John D. Rockefeller
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Marvin H. Davis
(d) Daniel Standard

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

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

4. Between 1911 and 1918, oil consumption rose how much in the United States?
(a) 90%
(b) 55%
(c) 5%
(d) 30%

5. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?
(a) London-Turkey Treaty
(b) England-Persia Agreement
(c) English-Saudi Agreement
(d) Anglo-Russian Convention

Short Answer Questions

1. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?

2. What cut the travel time between England and India in half?

3. Who toured the Middle East and believed it to be "the greatest prize in history" because of its oil?

4. In October 1940, who bombed Dhahran?

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

(see the answer key)

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