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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. "Colonel" Edwin Drake applied the salt drilling techniques of what country to oil?
(a) Iran
(b) Kenya
(c) China
(d) Australia
2. Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?
(a) Thomas Edison
(b) Alexander Graham Bell
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Guglielmo Marconi
3. The U.S. established what to contain the Soviets and deal with British financial issues after WWII?
(a) The Churchill Pact
(b) The Wilson Doctrine
(c) The Marshall Plan
(d) The Roosevelt Doctrine
4. By 1950, what was the primary fuel source in America?
(a) Oil
(b) Synthetic fuel
(c) Coal
(d) Electricity
5. Who did FDR meet with at the Suez Canal Zone after Yalta?
(a) Ibn Saud
(b) Erwin Rommel
(c) David McNaughton
(d) Joseph Stalin
Short Answer Questions
1. What overcame Ibn Saud's reticence to allow infidel money into his kingdom?
2. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?
3. How long did it take Japan to seize control of the oil in the East Indies?
4. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?
5. A Bolshevik newspaper spoke of oil as what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Into what areas did Standard Oil expand? What was its place in oil production?
2. What are the war years called? Why are they called this?
3. How did the Shell employees in Borneo react to news of Pearl Harbor? Why did they react this way?
4. What was the Japanese war plan based on? Did these premises come true?
5. How was Standard Oil formed? Who was involved in this venture?
6. What was known about oil before the mid-nineteenth century? Why wasn't it used more?
7. Why didn't FDR do anything when Japan invaded China? What did he consider?
8. Describe the exploration for oil that took place as Pennsylvania became depleted? Where was oil found?
9. Who bid successfully on the Kuwait Neutral Zone concession? Why did he bid on the concession? What deal was struck?
10. In what parts of the world did oil drilling and production take place? Where were some of the challenges that oil companies faced in these regions and countries?
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