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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. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?
(a) Venezuela
(b) France
(c) Japan
(d) Guam

2. Japan invaded which country in 1931?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Korea
(d) Russia

3. For producing nations, oil was a source of what?
(a) Hardship
(b) Inequality
(c) Pride
(d) Serenity

4. Who published a book on the history of Standard Oil Company?
(a) Grace von Darnell
(b) Sarah Roosevelt
(c) Ida Tarbell
(d) Anna Burton

5. Who subdued much of Arabia and negotiated the exchange of oil for money for his country?
(a) Rub al-Khali
(b) Chaim Weizmann
(c) Harry St. John Bridger
(d) Ibn Saud

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?

2. What "taboo" did Venezuela break in the 1940s?

3. Who volunteered to lead a cross-country motor caravan to demonstrate the value of motor transportation and to dramatize the need for better highways?

4. Which German commander was stopped due to a lack of petrol in North Africa?

5. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the war years called? Why are they called this?

2. What was the meeting at Achnacarry Castle about? Who was involved? What was the outcome?

3. Describe the beginning of the oil industry in Mexico. Why did Mexico cease to be a large oil producer?

4. What invention threatened Standard's profits? What product did Standard begin focusing on? Was this strategy successful?

5. Who found an economical way to get oil? Where did he get the information from? What happened after he discovered this?

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

7. How did WWI affect the oil industry and consumption of oil?

8. What tensions existed between the United States and Britain after the war? Why?

9. 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?

10. How did the Shell employees in Borneo react to news of Pearl Harbor? Why did they react this way?

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