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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which country did the United States begin transshipping to in 1940?
(a) England
(b) Russia
(c) Poland
(d) Israel
2. In October 1940, who bombed Dhahran?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) Italy
(d) Britain
3. What did Germany use to try to disrupt the shipping of oil in the Atlantic?
(a) Negotiations with Mexico
(b) Scud missiles
(c) Atomic bombs
(d) U-boats
4. What did Britain capture to secure the strategic approaches to oil and ensure the safety of the Amir of Kuwait?
(a) Jerusalem
(b) Beirut
(c) Basra
(d) Tehran
5. Who instituted a vast building project in the British Navy to transform the fleet to use oil?
(a) Daniel D'Arcy
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Kaiser Wilhelm
(d) Winston Churchill
Short Answer Questions
1. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?
2. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?
3. What "taboo" did Venezuela break in the 1940s?
4. How long did it take Japan to seize control of the oil in the East Indies?
5. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?
Short Essay Questions
1. What event in 1947 in the Gulf of Mexico led to questions? What issues arose from this? What other products did the United States become interested in?
2. What was the Japanese war plan based on? Did these premises come true?
3. What are the war years called? Why are they called this?
4. What plans did Adolf Hitler have that depended on oil? What helped him in his projects to get away from Western oil?
5. What was the meeting at Achnacarry Castle about? Who was involved? What was the outcome?
6. How did the automobile transform American society?
7. What occurred in the oil industry after WWI in the United States? What was the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920?
8. Who found an economical way to get oil? Where did he get the information from? What happened after he discovered this?
9. Describe the beginning of the oil industry in Mexico. Why did Mexico cease to be a large oil producer?
10. Why didn't FDR do anything when Japan invaded China? What did he consider?
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