View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who developed an ideology for pushing the oil industry back to basics, fighting self-serving waste and excess, and protecting disenfranchised shareholders' rights?
(a) Jimmy Carter
(b) T. Boone Pickens
(c) George Bush
(d) Silva Herzog

2. From 1949-72, world oil consumption did what?
(a) Doubled
(b) Stayed the same
(c) Decreased
(d) Tripled

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

4. In what year was OPEC founded?
(a) 1975
(b) 1991
(c) 1922
(d) 1960

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

6. How much was the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline to cost?
(a) 10 billion
(b) 45 million
(c) 2 billion
(d) 250 million

7. New York City restricted what in 1965?
(a) Coal burning
(b) Gasoline fueled cars
(c) Oil
(d) Taxis

8. Which country did not have a quota?
(a) Iran
(b) China
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Kuwait

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

10. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound happened in what year?
(a) 1981
(b) 1973
(c) 1989
(d) 1962

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

12. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?
(a) Electricity
(b) Cheap gas
(c) Airplanes
(d) Coal

13. Who become the symbol of the new age of oil?
(a) "Sheikh" Ahmed Zaki Yamani
(b) The Shah of Iran
(c) Crown Prince Fahd
(d) Jimmy Carter

14. Who did Carter admit to the US for medical treatment?
(a) The Shah
(b) Mossadegh
(c) Saddam Hussein
(d) Khomeini

15. What weakened OPEC's position?
(a) The Korean War
(b) The closing of the Suez Canal
(c) The opening of new oil provinces
(d) The cost of oil

Short Answer Questions

1. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a massive coordinated attack on which country?

2. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?

3. The economist E. F. Schumacher called for what?

4. From 1985 to 1990, who was the world's largest purchaser of conventional arms?

5. Which country wanted to attended OPEC's 1986 meeting as an observer?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 360 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample