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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?
(a) Citgo, Inc.
(b) Irving Oil Company
(c) Exxon Mobil, Inc.
(d) Standard Oil Company

2. Britain wanted to keep whose oil out of the hands of the Russians and French in the early 1900s?
(a) Persian
(b) South African
(c) Canadian
(d) Sumatran

3. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?
(a) France
(b) Japan
(c) Guam
(d) Venezuela

4. Which country set production to achieve price objectives?
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) Kuwait
(d) Saudi Arabia

5. Which country was not represented at the meeting?
(a) The United States
(b) Russia
(c) Germany
(d) England

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the pipeline that stretched from Texas to the East Coast?

2. Who tried to take over Britain's naval superiority in the 1890s, which instead strengthened Britain's resolve?

3. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?

4. The exporters' combined earnings was how much in 1977?

5. Enrico Mattei did what to change the oil situation in the Middle East?

(see the answer key)

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