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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For producing nations, oil was a source of what?

2. Which country was not represented at the meeting?

3. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?

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

5. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was known about oil before the mid-nineteenth century? Why wasn't it used more?

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

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

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

6. Why didn't FDR do anything when Japan invaded China? What did he consider?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. How did the oil companies become involved in the Middle East? Who was involved in the beginning negotiations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one world and/or oil company leader from the twentieth century. For example, you might use Nassar, Sadat, Hussein, and so on. Discuss the person's impact on the oil industry. What decisions or actions did the person make that affected the oil industry? Where the effects positive or negative for the industry? Why do you think this person had an impact on the oil industry? Use specific examples in your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

What is the As-Is Agreement? How did the agreement come about? Who was involved in the meeting where the agreement originated? What were the goals of the agreement? How did the agreement change the oil industry? Was the agreement successful in its goals? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How did oil change the ways in which wars are fought? How has oil been used as a weapon in war? How did oil change the weaponry and machinery of war starting with World War I?

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