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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which war did the expansion on the Saudi Arabian oil projects stop?
(a) The 20 years war.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam.

2. In the 1930's Oklahoma limited the number of days per month oil companies could operate to protect what?
(a) The oil workers.
(b) The environment.
(c) Oil prices.
(d) The state.

3. What is Ghawar known for?
(a) World's richest oil reserve.
(b) World's most fragile oil reserve.
(c) World's most hard-to-reach oil reserve.
(d) World's most political oil reserve.

4. Who secured the first prospecting right in Saudi Arabia?
(a) NOCAL.
(b) AMCAL.
(c) USCAL.
(d) SOCAL.

5. Saudia Arabia became the third largest oil producer in the world behind who?
(a) Russia.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Norway.
(d) Belgium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?

2. How long did it take for the Saudi Arabian population to quadruple?

3. On March 3, 1938, which well began pumping a significant amount of oil?

4. When did the United States's oil production peak?

5. How long did it take Saudi Arabia to increase production from three million barrels a day to eight million barrels a day?

(see the answer key)

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