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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did FDR appoint to head the Department of the Interior, in addition to the newly created positions of Oil Administrator and Public Works Administrator?
(a) Harold Ickes
(b) Adam Joiner
(c) August Hogg
(d) Thomas Stirling

3. In December 1941, Japan bombed what target in the U.S.?
(a) Pearl Harbor
(b) Seattle
(c) San Diego Bay
(d) Channel Islands

4. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?
(a) 2 years' worth
(b) 1 month's worth
(c) 9 week's worth
(d) 5 years' worth

5. Britain wanted to keep whose oil out of the hands of the Russians and French in the early 1900s?
(a) Canadian
(b) South African
(c) Persian
(d) Sumatran

Short Answer Questions

1. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?

2. What did England sign in 1907 to foil German penetration into the Middle East?

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

4. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?

5. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?

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