View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which German commander was stopped due to a lack of petrol in North Africa?
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Adolf Hitler
(c) Erwin Rommel
(d) Friedrich Bergius

2. Stalin wanted oil from which country to supplement Soviet production?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Iran
(c) India
(d) Kuwait

3. U.S. oil production rose how much between 1940 and 1945?
(a) 4%
(b) 58%
(c) 30%
(d) 90%

4. In 1947, the Interior Department started a program to stockpile how many barrels of oil each day?
(a) Four thousand
(b) Two million
(c) Six hundred
(d) Eight hundred thousand

5. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?
(a) Immanuel Nobel
(b) John D. Rockefeller
(c) Joseph Stalin
(d) Marcus Samuel

6. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
(a) 90%
(b) 10%
(c) 25%
(d) 50%

7. Who stepped in to restore order as majors and independents feuded in the United States?
(a) Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)
(b) California Oil Association (COA)
(c) North American Oil Commission (NAOC)
(d) United States Automobile Association (USAA)

8. Oil prices dropped after what event?
(a) The Civil War
(b) World War I
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) 9/11

9. For producing nations, oil was a source of what?
(a) Serenity
(b) Inequality
(c) Hardship
(d) Pride

10. Who volunteered to lead a cross-country motor caravan to demonstrate the value of motor transportation and to dramatize the need for better highways?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(b) Albert B. Fall
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
(d) Calvin Coolidge

11. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?
(a) German U-boats use of oil
(b) A broken pipeline
(c) German control of Persia
(d) Taxi cabs

12. Who set up the Eastern and General Syndicate to develop business opportunities in the Middle East?
(a) Robert Nelson
(b) Frank Holmes
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Thomas Neville

13. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?
(a) Henry Ford
(b) Thomas Edison
(c) Orville Wright
(d) Alexander Graham Bell

14. Who toured the Middle East and believed it to be "the greatest prize in history" because of its oil?
(a) David McNaughton
(b) James Forrestal
(c) FDR
(d) Everette Lee DeGolyer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?

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

3. What did Calouste Gulbenkian come to be known as after APOC and Shell gave him shares in their companies?

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

5. Who bought out Maurice Clark for $72,000?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 427 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample