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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. Who published a book on the history of Standard Oil Company?
(a) Grace von Darnell
(b) Anna Burton
(c) Sarah Roosevelt
(d) Ida Tarbell

2. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?
(a) Nils von Dardel
(b) Nicklas Lidstrom
(c) Auguste Comte
(d) Immanuel Nobel

3. Venezuela nationalized oil production in what year?
(a) 1976
(b) 1961
(c) 1988
(d) 1955

4. What event in the 1920s plunged oil into dire straits?
(a) World War I
(b) The Great Depression
(c) The Tulsa Race Riot
(d) Prohibition

5. In 1965, who won two-thirds of the exploration leases on the Prudhoe Bay structure?
(a) ARCO
(b) CLBE
(c) TIFF
(d) AARP

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the main determinant of energy and oil consumption?

3. In 1972, The Limits to Growth predicted that within 100 years what would happen?

4. What was banned in 1943 in the U.S.?

5. How long did it take Japan to seize control of the oil in the East Indies?

(see the answer key)

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