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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Britain and France joined with what country to plan an attack on Egypt?
(a) Israel
(b) The United States
(c) Germany
(d) Japan
2. Which country put an embargo on Iranian imports?
(a) Britain
(b) Mexico
(c) Canada
(d) Japan
3. The economist E. F. Schumacher called for what?
(a) A dependence on Arab oil
(b) Alternatives to high-cost coal
(c) A short-term view of the world's energy needs
(d) Continued use of a finite resource
4. Who called for a "new concept" that would base the price of oil on the cost of alternative energy sources?
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) William Simon
(c) The Shah
(d) Richard Nixon
5. Who was named Saudi Arabia's Director of Oil and Mining Affairs?
(a) Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso
(b) Gamal Abedel Nasser
(c) Abdullah Tariki
(d) President Betancourt
6. Who was assigned the task of a national energy policy?
(a) John Rockefeller
(b) Grant Wilson
(c) Henry Jackson
(d) James Schlesinger
7. The US sold arms to which country in an effort to win freedom for American hostages in Lebanon?
(a) Nepal
(b) Iran
(c) Israel
(d) India
8. The summer of 1990 was marked by euphoria over the end of what?
(a) The Iraqi War
(b) The Gulf War
(c) The Cold War
(d) The Vietnam War
9. What was the main determinant of energy and oil consumption?
(a) Distribution
(b) Income
(c) Resources
(d) Availability
10. The Soviet Union invaded which country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Poland
11. From 1949-72, world oil consumption did what?
(a) Doubled
(b) Stayed the same
(c) Decreased
(d) Tripled
12. On August 2, 1990, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded which country?
(a) Kuwait
(b) Israel
(c) India
(d) Iran
13. In 1965, who won two-thirds of the exploration leases on the Prudhoe Bay structure?
(a) ARCO
(b) TIFF
(c) CLBE
(d) AARP
14. The prices of oil did what between 1970 and 1973?
(a) Decreased by 10 percent
(b) Remained the same
(c) Doubled
(d) Fell sharply
15. Nixon imposed what in 1971 to fight inflation?
(a) Oil price controls
(b) Income taxes
(c) Gas taxes
(d) Carbon embargo
Short Answer Questions
1. The Iran-Iraq war took how many barrels of oil a day off the market?
2. Venezuela nationalized oil production in what year?
3. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
4. Exxon spent a billion dollars on what in 1980?
5. The exporters' combined earnings was how much in 1977?
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