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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "Arab oil embargo" consisted of what?
(a) The total ban on the export of oil to the U.S. and the Netherlands
(b) The ban on the import of oil to Arab countries
(c) Arab companies seizing control of foreign oil fields in Arab countries
(d) Western countries boycotting Arab oil

2. American hostages were taken from the embassy in which city?
(a) Jerusalem
(b) Tehran
(c) Moscow
(d) Cairo

3. Which country put an embargo on Iranian imports?
(a) Canada
(b) Britain
(c) Mexico
(d) Japan

4. Exxon spent a billion dollars on what in 1980?
(a) A platform in the Bay of Fundy
(b) Reassuring consumers with advertising
(c) Shale oil development
(d) A lawsuit from Texaco

5. In 1972, The Limits to Growth predicted that within 100 years what would happen?
(a) New oil fields would be developed
(b) Oil production would be focused in the Arctic
(c) Oil would be depleted
(d) Solar power would become more important than oil

6. New York City restricted what in 1965?
(a) Oil
(b) Coal burning
(c) Gasoline fueled cars
(d) Taxis

7. Who was named Saudi Arabia's Director of Oil and Mining Affairs?
(a) Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso
(b) Gamal Abedel Nasser
(c) President Betancourt
(d) Abdullah Tariki

8. The prices of oil did what between 1970 and 1973?
(a) Fell sharply
(b) Doubled
(c) Remained the same
(d) Decreased by 10 percent

9. Who feared the demise of OPEC?
(a) Jimmy Carter
(b) Ronald Reagan
(c) Alirio Parra
(d) Margaret Thatcher

10. Who prophesied that Middle Eastern governments would some day threaten the oil-dependent West?
(a) Loy Henderson
(b) Dean Acheson
(c) Ali Razmara
(d) Theodore Roosevelt

11. In 1965, who won two-thirds of the exploration leases on the Prudhoe Bay structure?
(a) CLBE
(b) ARCO
(c) TIFF
(d) AARP

12. In 1979, Iran produced what percent of the world's oil?
(a) 33-35%
(b) 51-52%
(c) 15-17%
(d) 4-5%

13. From 1985 to 1990, who was the world's largest purchaser of conventional arms?
(a) Russia
(b) Iraq
(c) The United States
(d) China

14. In what year was OPEC founded?
(a) 1975
(b) 1922
(c) 1960
(d) 1991

15. Who become the symbol of the new age of oil?
(a) The Shah of Iran
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) Crown Prince Fahd
(d) "Sheikh" Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eisenhower feel about the attack on Egypt?

2. The Soviet Union invaded which country?

3. How many days were the hostages held?

4. Who was put in charge of the Iranian National Oil Company?

5. Who used radio to mobilize Arab nationalism and stir up the whole Third World?

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