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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which oil company was among those who called for the U.S. to change its policy on Israel?
(a) BP
(b) Texaco
(c) Shell
(d) Mobile

2. American hostages were taken from the embassy in which city?
(a) Cairo
(b) Tehran
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Moscow

3. The attempted coop in Iran was known as what?
(a) Operation Ajax
(b) Operation Blue
(c) Operation Frog
(d) Operation Arabia

4. During the "Arab oil embargo" gas princes rose how much in the United States?
(a) 3 percent
(b) 40 percent
(c) 12 percent
(d) 76 percent

5. Iraq embargoed oil to which country in response to the events at Camp David?
(a) Russia
(b) Egypt
(c) India
(d) Australia

6. Who took over leadership in Libya?
(a) David Barran
(b) Armand Hammer
(c) Muammar al-Qaddafi
(d) Abdullah Tariki

7. What did 100,000 people celebrate in 1970 in the United States?
(a) The release of the film "Jaws"
(b) The end of the Korean War
(c) Christmas
(d) Earth Day

8. Permanent oil platforms had to withstand waves that were how high?
(a) 90 feet
(b) 45 feet
(c) 20 feet
(d) 60 feet

9. What concerns have taken center stage in regard to the oil industry?
(a) Oil company monopolies
(b) Environmental
(c) Tensions in the United States
(d) Having too much oil

10. Oil was completely deregulated in the United States in what year?
(a) 1968
(b) 1974
(c) 1989
(d) 1981

11. The American hostages were held until what happened?
(a) Moscow threatened Iran
(b) Carter left office
(c) The OPEC annual conference
(d) The US invaded Egypt

12. Which country placed troops in the Canal Zone to protect it for oil purposes?
(a) England
(b) Brazil
(c) Japan
(d) Germany

13. Which country set production to achieve price objectives?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Kuwait
(c) Iraq
(d) Iran

14. Which country seized Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights?
(a) Israel
(b) Russia
(c) Germany
(d) Saudi Arabia

15. Who feared the demise of OPEC?
(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) Ronald Reagan
(d) Alirio Parra

Short Answer Questions

1. Oil producing countries were assigned quotas with what target in mind per day?

2. Who used radio to mobilize Arab nationalism and stir up the whole Third World?

3. New York City restricted what in 1965?

4. Who partnered to form the Zapata company?

5. From 1949-72, world oil consumption did what?

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