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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) Albert B. Fall
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(d) Calvin Coolidge

4. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?
(a) Daniel Rockefeller
(b) John Mellon
(c) John D. Archibold
(d) Immanuel Nobel

5. The "Neutral Zone" was between Saudi Arabia and which other country?
(a) Kuwait
(b) Iraq
(c) Syria
(d) Egypt

6. Japan believed that what was the biggest liability for Germans in WWI, leading to their defeat?
(a) Money
(b) Tanks
(c) Petroleum
(d) Cultural beliefs

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

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

9. Which of the following was a parent company of Casoc?
(a) Exxon
(b) BP
(c) Texaco
(d) Shell

10. What was banned in 1943 in the U.S.?
(a) Taxi cabs
(b) Shipping via train
(c) Nonessential driving
(d) Having more than one private vehicle

11. Which act gave FDR power to control exports, including oil?
(a) Export Safety Act
(b) Imbargo Act of 1939
(c) National Defense Act
(d) Manchurian Act of 1937

12. Who became Britain's chief oil supplier just before WWI?
(a) Exxon
(b) Shell
(c) APOC
(d) Royal Dutch

13. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?
(a) German submarines
(b) Concentration camps
(c) Synthetic fuel plants
(d) Tank factories

14. Between 1911 and 1918, oil consumption rose how much in the United States?
(a) 90%
(b) 30%
(c) 5%
(d) 55%

15. What was the greatest "if" in the Middle East after WWII?
(a) An uncertain future after Ibn Saud died
(b) The creation of a Jewish state
(c) The technology for a transcontinent pipeline
(d) The effects of a Russian invasion

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?

3. J. N. Pews in 1876 pioneered the use of natural gas to light which city?

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

5. What document came out of the meeting, which encouraged cooperation by the oil companies?

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