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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state was proclaimed in the Middle East that led to increasing tensions and conflicts in the region?

2. Which country did the United States begin transshipping to in 1940?

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

4. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?

5. What document came out of the meeting, which encouraged cooperation by the oil companies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who found an economical way to get oil? Where did he get the information from? What happened after he discovered this?

2. What plans did Adolf Hitler have that depended on oil? What helped him in his projects to get away from Western oil?

3. How did the Shell employees in Borneo react to news of Pearl Harbor? Why did they react this way?

4. How did the automobile transform American society?

5. What did Germany use to try to disrupt oil distribution? What effect did this have?

6. What was known about oil before the mid-nineteenth century? Why wasn't it used more?

7. What was one of most extraordinary engineering feats of WWII? Why was this done?

8. Who was Ibn Saud? Why did he become involved in the oil industry?

9. What was part of Hitler's motivation to invade Russia? Why? Was he successful?

10. What are the war years called? Why are they called this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the wars discussed in the book, such as the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, or World War II. Discuss the role that oil played in the causes and outcomes of the war. How did oil influence the direction and outcome of the war? What impact did oil have on the war and the way that it was fought?

Essay Topic 2

What was the Cold War? Who was involved in the Cold War? What effects did the Cold War have on the oil industry? Discuss at least two different effects that the Cold War produced in the oil industry.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the development of the Middle East as a power in the oil industry. Why did the Middle East become important in the industry? What role has this region played in the industry? What aspects has the region influence in terms of oil? Give specific examples from the book to support your answer.

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