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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. OPEC agreed on what posted price per barrel of oil?
(a) $11.65
(b) $23.99
(c) $4.12
(d) $38.72

2. Which conflict in the Pacific was decisive victory for the Americans and turned the tide of battle between Japan and the United States?
(a) The Battle of Kula Gulf
(b) Pearl Harbor
(c) The Battle of Ormac Bay
(d) The Battle of Midway

3. Who favored favored domestic spending over war preparations against Germany in 1911?
(a) Nicholas II
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) Nelson Mandela

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

5. What remained important in finding oil in the 1920s?
(a) Aerial pictures
(b) Luck
(c) Geological studies
(d) Communication

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prophesied that Middle Eastern governments would some day threaten the oil-dependent West?

2. By 1915, APOC was supplying how much of the British Navy's oil needs?

3. Who struck a deal with Saudi Arabia for $9.5 million up front; $1 million a year, whether or not oil was pumped; and a royalty of $0.55 per barrel?

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

5. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?

(see the answer key)

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