Chapter 16 Quiz

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What do economists call income acquired by the state through means other than taxation?

Rent correct incorrect

Welfare correct incorrect

Remunerations correct incorrect

Emoluments correct incorrect

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What percentage of Iraq's state revenues did oil exports make up in 2013?

83% correct incorrect

90% correct incorrect

99% correct incorrect

100% correct incorrect

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Which of the following was not a source of rent for the Egyptian government?

Oil correct incorrect

U.S. aid correct incorrect

Suez Canal tolls correct incorrect

Gold mines correct incorrect

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What helped power the first industrial revolution?

Wood correct incorrect

Coal correct incorrect

Oil correct incorrect

Wind correct incorrect

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Who was the largest producer of oil in the world in 1900?

Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

Mexico correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

Persia correct incorrect

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A group of companies the band together to finance a project that they could not do individually is called a ____________.

Cartel correct incorrect

Consortium correct incorrect

Congress correct incorrect

Coalition correct incorrect

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Who benefitted the most during the first half-century of oil exploitation in the Middle East?

The West correct incorrect

The Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

d'Arcy correct incorrect

Persian Gulf countries correct incorrect

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How did Iraq and Iran change the oil industry in the early 1970s?

They combined their industries in order to charge higher prices. correct incorrect

They nationalized their oil industries. correct incorrect

The sold their industries to the Arabian-American Oil Company. correct incorrect

They closed their industries down due to low oil prices. correct incorrect

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What organization did Venezuela and four Middle Eastern oil producers establish in the early 1960s?

The Organization of Petroleum Refiners correct incorrect

The Organization of Gas Producing Countries correct incorrect

The Organization for the Effective Collection of Rents correct incorrect

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries correct incorrect

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How much did the price of oil increase as a result of the October War in 1973?

100% correct incorrect

380% correct incorrect

250% correct incorrect

500% correct incorrect

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Which country in the Middle East is considered a "price hawk" when it comes to oil policy?

Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

Jordan correct incorrect

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Why did the West place sanctions on Iran that led to a decline in oil and gas revenue of 47 percent between 2011-2012?

Iran occupied islands in the Persian Gulf claimed by Saudi Arabia. correct incorrect

Iran would not return American assets seized in the 1979 Revolution. correct incorrect

Iran was sending aid to militias who were against US troops being in Iraq. correct incorrect

Iran was developing a nuclear program. correct incorrect

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What did the historian, Fernand Braudel speculate would happen due to the oil revolution?

It would lead to global warming that would threaten the existence of the planet itself. correct incorrect

It would lead to a reverse in the flow of wealth between the East and West. correct incorrect

It would lead to endless global conflict over oil producing regions. correct incorrect

It would lead to new political centers emerging in the Middle East and Africa. correct incorrect

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According to Gelvin, how is the production of oil in the Middle East similar to the production of cotton in 19th century Egypt?

Both are part of a pattern of trade that has favored the West. correct incorrect

Both have led to Middle Eastern states declaring bankruptcy. correct incorrect

Both were instigated though considerable investment by the United States. correct incorrect

Both have led to the establishment of alternate centers of production elsewhere in the world. correct incorrect

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What did the Saudi government do in the wake of the 2010-2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa?

It declared "martial law" and prevented its citizens from meeting in large groups. correct incorrect

It spent around 130 billion dollars in benefits to keep its citizens quiet. correct incorrect

It established new representational institutions at all levels of administration. correct incorrect

It gave Saudi citizens shares of ARAMCO as a way to further bind them to the state. correct incorrect

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What do states that produce little or no oil export in great numbers to oil producing states in the Middle East?

Manufactured goods correct incorrect

Agricultural products correct incorrect

Labor correct incorrect

Water resources correct incorrect

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On the eve of the 1991 Gulf War, which country expelled one million Yemeni guest workers?

Kuwait correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

Bahrain correct incorrect

Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

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In which Gulf country are 85 percent of the inhabitants noncitizens?

Bahrain correct incorrect

Saudi Arabi correct incorrect

Qatar correct incorrect

United Arab Emirates correct incorrect

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What impact has the exodus of Egyptian labor to the Gulf had on lower-and middle-class Egyptian families?

Egyptian women have come to play greater roles in domestic decision making as temporary heads of households. correct incorrect

Lower-and middle-class families have used remittances from Gulf states to move up on the social ladder. correct incorrect

Family size has grown smaller as they put off having children while husbands are working in the Gulf states. correct incorrect

Grandparents have taken new leadership roles in lower-and middle-class families as parents leave to work in Gulf states. correct incorrect

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Which Gulf state provided funds to help the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt?

UAE correct incorrect

Qatar correct incorrect

Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

Oman correct incorrect