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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was banned in 1943 in the U.S.?
(a) Nonessential driving
(b) Taxi cabs
(c) Having more than one private vehicle
(d) Shipping via train

2. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?
(a) H. H. Rogers
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Mark Twain
(d) Theodore Roosevelt

3. By late 1944, 120,000 barrels of aviation gasoline were delivered daily to where?
(a) Toyko
(b) Channel Islands
(c) Java
(d) Guam

4. Who struck a deal with Saudi Arabia for $9.5 million up front; $1 million a year, whether or not oil was pumped; and a royalty of $0.55 per barrel?
(a) David Ricardo
(b) Juan Pérez Alfonso
(c) David McNaughton
(d) J. Paul Getty

5. In October 1940, who bombed Dhahran?
(a) Britain
(b) Japan
(c) Russia
(d) Italy

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?

2. What sprung up to process crude oil into kerosene?

3. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?

4. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?

5. What event in the 1920s plunged oil into dire straits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to oil and gas consumption and demand in the United States after the war? What effects did this have?

2. Who bid successfully on the Kuwait Neutral Zone concession? Why did he bid on the concession? What deal was struck?

3. Into what areas did Standard Oil expand? What was its place in oil production?

4. What event in 1947 in the Gulf of Mexico led to questions? What issues arose from this? What other products did the United States become interested in?

5. What was the Japanese war plan based on? Did these premises come true?

6. How did Britain become involved in developing D'Arcy's oil fields in the Middle East? What were the reasons for Britain's interest?

7. Describe the exploration for oil that took place as Pennsylvania became depleted? Where was oil found?

8. What plans did Adolf Hitler have that depended on oil? What helped him in his projects to get away from Western oil?

9. What was Japan's interest in the East Indies? What plans were developed around the East Indies?

10. What was part of Hitler's motivation to invade Russia? Why? Was he successful?

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