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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12 | Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
(a) 90%
(b) 50%
(c) 25%
(d) 10%

2. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?
(a) BP
(b) Exxon
(c) Standard
(d) Shell

3. Who stepped in to restore order as majors and independents feuded in the United States?
(a) California Oil Association (COA)
(b) North American Oil Commission (NAOC)
(c) Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)
(d) United States Automobile Association (USAA)

4. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?
(a) Guam
(b) France
(c) Venezuela
(d) Japan

5. What remained important in finding oil in the 1920s?
(a) Communication
(b) Luck
(c) Aerial pictures
(d) Geological studies

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rothschilds created what company in 1902?

2. Who tried to take over Britain's naval superiority in the 1890s, which instead strengthened Britain's resolve?

3. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?

4. "Colonel" Edwin Drake applied the salt drilling techniques of what country to oil?

5. Britain wanted to keep whose oil out of the hands of the Russians and French in the early 1900s?

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