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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. Which country did not have a quota?

2. Where was a vast gas field found?

3. Which country seized Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights?

4. What project did Nixon introduce to make the US less oil dependent?

5. Permanent oil platforms had to withstand waves that were how high?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tensions existed between Iran and Iraq? What effect did this have on the oil market?

2. What did Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson investigate? How did people respond to these investigations?

3. How did oil companies and governments react to the Second Oil Shock?

4. What was the "Arab oil embargo"? How did it affect the U.S.?

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

6. What events change the oil landscape in Iran? What happened to Mossadegh?

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

8. What weakened OPEC's position in the oil industry? Give at least one specific example.

9. What effects did cheap gas have in the United States in the 1950s? Why were consumers able to obtain cheap gas during this time?

10. Venezuela's Alirio Parra helped stabilize OPEC through a meeting with oil leaders. Why was the meeting held? What came out of this meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yergin makes the point that cheap gas and oil transformed American society in a number of ways. Discuss how oil changed American society. What did oil and gas make possible? What new aspects of society are a result of oil and gas? What would American society be like without oil or gas?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the development of the Middle East as a power in the oil industry. Why did the Middle East become important in the industry? What role has this region played in the industry? What aspects has the region influence in terms of oil? Give specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the oil exploration that has taken place in the last 200 years. Why did companies and individuals explore for oil? When are companies most likely to look for previously unknown oil fields? What factors go into whether an oil field was viable or not in earlier days? Discuss one oil field and why it was useful or not at the time that it was discovered.

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