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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. What was a military action to capture Abadan that the British considered?
(a) Plan Y
(b) Plan Fraser
(c) Plan Arabia
(d) Plan Oil

2. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?
(a) Naphtha
(b) Gasoline
(c) Kerosene
(d) Vasoline

3. The U.S. established what to contain the Soviets and deal with British financial issues after WWII?
(a) The Roosevelt Doctrine
(b) The Marshall Plan
(c) The Wilson Doctrine
(d) The Churchill Pact

4. The exporters' combined earnings was how much in 1977?
(a) 140 billion
(b) 420 billion
(c) 75 million
(d) 22 million

5. How much was the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline to cost?
(a) 10 billion
(b) 250 million
(c) 45 million
(d) 2 billion

Short Answer Questions

1. Which act gave FDR power to control exports, including oil?

2. In the late 1970s, oil buyers did what?

3. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?

4. Who joined forces with Italian oil man Enrico Mattei?

5. Venezuela nationalized oil production in what year?

(see the answer key)

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