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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
(a) Green Acres
(b) The Beverly Hillbillies
(c) M.A.S.H.
(d) Leave it to Beaver

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

4. 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

5. How did Eisenhower feel about the attack on Egypt?
(a) Resigned and depressed
(b) Surprised and angry
(c) Cautiously happy
(d) Indifferent

6. On August 2, 1990, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded which country?
(a) India
(b) Israel
(c) Iran
(d) Kuwait

7. Who was put in charge of the Iranian National Oil Company?
(a) Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
(b) Sir William Fraser
(c) Ali Razmara
(d) Mehdi Bazargan

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

9. What was the main determinant of energy and oil consumption?
(a) Resources
(b) Income
(c) Availability
(d) Distribution

10. 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

11. Who joined forces with Italian oil man Enrico Mattei?
(a) Abdullah Tariki
(b) Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso
(c) The Shah of Iran
(d) President Betancourt

12. From 1985 to 1990, who was the world's largest purchaser of conventional arms?
(a) China
(b) Russia
(c) The United States
(d) Iraq

13. What was a military action to capture Abadan that the British considered?
(a) Plan Fraser
(b) Plan Y
(c) Plan Arabia
(d) Plan Oil

14. Enrico Mattei did what to change the oil situation in the Middle East?
(a) Bought oil from Saudi Arabia
(b) Negotiated with Iran
(c) Refused to buy from Egypt
(d) Broke the 50/50 rule

15. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a massive coordinated attack on which country?
(a) Japan
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Israel
(d) India

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country seized Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights?

2. Who called for a "new concept" that would base the price of oil on the cost of alternative energy sources?

3. How much of the world's reserves were in the Persian Gulf in 1990?

4. Who did Carter admit to the US for medical treatment?

5. Oil was completely deregulated in the United States in what year?

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