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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) Japan
(b) The United States
(c) Germany
(d) Israel
2. Who succeeded Nasser in 1970?
(a) Leonid Brezhnev
(b) Anwar Sadat
(c) Hafez al-Assad
(d) Golda Meir
3. In 1972, The Limits to Growth predicted that within 100 years what would happen?
(a) Oil would be depleted
(b) Solar power would become more important than oil
(c) Oil production would be focused in the Arctic
(d) New oil fields would be developed
4. On August 2, 1990, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded which country?
(a) Israel
(b) India
(c) Iran
(d) Kuwait
5. The Soviet Union invaded which country?
(a) China
(b) Poland
(c) India
(d) Afghanistan
6. The Iran-Iraq war took how many barrels of oil a day off the market?
(a) 1 million
(b) 200,000
(c) 4 million
(d) 700,000
7. Nixon imposed what in 1971 to fight inflation?
(a) Gas taxes
(b) Oil price controls
(c) Carbon embargo
(d) Income taxes
8. Venezuela nationalized oil production in what year?
(a) 1961
(b) 1976
(c) 1955
(d) 1988
9. What cut the travel time between England and India in half?
(a) The Panama Canal
(b) The Suez Canal
(c) The Sioux Canal
(d) The Indian Canal
10. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
(a) Green Acres
(b) Leave it to Beaver
(c) M.A.S.H.
(d) The Beverly Hillbillies
11. New York City restricted what in 1965?
(a) Taxis
(b) Gasoline fueled cars
(c) Coal burning
(d) Oil
12. Who delivered the first-ever presidential address on energy in the United States?
(a) John F. Kennedy
(b) George Bush
(c) Gerald Ford
(d) Richard Nixon
13. Who conducted a new series of investigations into the oil companies' activities?
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Senator James Niels
(c) Senator Henry Jackson
(d) Senator Alexander Daniels
14. When did traffic in the Canal resume after the attack?
(a) 1957
(b) 1942
(c) 1913
(d) 1970
15. Exxon spent a billion dollars on what in 1980?
(a) A lawsuit from Texaco
(b) A platform in the Bay of Fundy
(c) Shale oil development
(d) Reassuring consumers with advertising
Short Answer Questions
1. Who become the symbol of the new age of oil?
2. After Iraq expelled Khomeini, where did he go?
3. Which country put an embargo on Iranian imports?
4. The "Arab oil embargo" consisted of what?
5. Who was put in charge of the Iranian National Oil Company?
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