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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Japan believed that what was the biggest liability for Germans in WWI, leading to their defeat?
(a) Money
(b) Cultural beliefs
(c) Petroleum
(d) Tanks

2. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?
(a) Irving Oil Company
(b) Standard Oil Company
(c) Citgo, Inc.
(d) Exxon Mobil, Inc.

3. Venezuela nationalized oil production in what year?
(a) 1955
(b) 1976
(c) 1988
(d) 1961

4. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?
(a) Anglo-Russian Convention
(b) London-Turkey Treaty
(c) English-Saudi Agreement
(d) England-Persia Agreement

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In 1947, the Interior Department started a program to stockpile how many barrels of oil each day?

4. Nixon imposed what in 1971 to fight inflation?

5. The prices of oil did what between 1970 and 1973?

(see the answer key)

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