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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 cut the travel time between England and India in half?
(a) The Suez Canal
(b) The Indian Canal
(c) The Sioux Canal
(d) The Panama Canal

2. Who did Carter admit to the US for medical treatment?
(a) Saddam Hussein
(b) Mossadegh
(c) The Shah
(d) Khomeini

3. In October 1971, the Shah of Iran hosted a gala celebrating the 2,500-year anniversary of what?
(a) The birth of Muhammad
(b) The birth of Christ
(c) The founding of the Persian Empire
(d) The founding of Britain

4. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?
(a) Coal
(b) Electricity
(c) Airplanes
(d) Cheap gas

5. Who delivered the first-ever presidential address on energy in the United States?
(a) Gerald Ford
(b) John F. Kennedy
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) George Bush

Short Answer Questions

1. The American hostages were held until what happened?

2. What was Abdullah Tariki's nickname?

3. In 1965, who won two-thirds of the exploration leases on the Prudhoe Bay structure?

4. In 1979, Iran produced what percent of the world's oil?

5. Enrico Mattei did what to change the oil situation in the Middle East?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effects did the Second Oil Shock have on the oil industry?

2. What factors weakened OPEC's position in the mid-1980s?

3. The postwar petroleum order rested on which two foundations? Who wanted to change the agreements?

4. How did Britain respond to Nassar's demands about the Canal? How did Eisenhower feel about the events?

5. Why did world oil consumption grow so fast in the period between 1949 and 1972? Which countries or areas experienced this growth?

6. Why did Iraqi troops invade Kuwait? What was the result?

7. Why is 1974 to 1978 known as OPEC's Golden Age?

8. Who was "Sheikh" Ahmed Zaki Yamani? What impact did he have on the oil industry?

9. What was at the heart of the Arab oil embargo? How did other countries feel about the issues?

10. What message was received from Tehran on November 4, 1979? Why did the event occur?

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