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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?
(a) Petroleum
(b) Oil
(c) Synthetic fuels
(d) Nitrogen

2. What agreement signed in 1944, assured "equity" to all parties, including the oil producing countries?
(a) Saudi-American Oil Pact
(b) Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement
(c) Kuwait-Saudi Agreement
(d) Saudi-English Oil Pact

3. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?
(a) John Mellon
(b) Immanuel Nobel
(c) John D. Archibold
(d) Daniel Rockefeller

4. What was the name of the pipeline that stretched from Texas to the East Coast?
(a) The Alamo Bootstrap
(b) The Dog Collar
(c) Little Pip
(d) Big Inch

5. Which act gave FDR power to control exports, including oil?
(a) Imbargo Act of 1939
(b) National Defense Act
(c) Export Safety Act
(d) Manchurian Act of 1937

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1949-72, world oil consumption did what?

2. Enrico Mattei did what to change the oil situation in the Middle East?

3. Who became Britain's chief oil supplier just before WWI?

4. When did traffic in the Canal resume after the attack?

5. The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 did what?

(see the answer key)

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