A History of Trinidad Quiz 2

Trinidad oil industry benefited most initially from the

• development of the airplane

• efforts of the drillers

• development of the internal combustion engine

• None of the above

Oil began to increasingly dominate Trinidad's economy from the

• 18th century

• 19th century

• 20th century

• None of the above

The first successful oil well was drilled in Trinidad during the

• 20th century

• 18th century

• 1900s

• None of the above.

After 1904, Britain began to take an interest in Trinidad's oil industry because

• it saw an opportunity to help Trinidad businessmen

• it felt like it owed it to the residents where oil was found

• it was a matter of safeguarding Britain's national interest

• None of the above.

Which one of the following groupings reflects the correct chronological order for the appearance of said oil companies in Trinidad?

i. Shell

ii. BP

iii.The National Petroleum Company

iv. Petrotrin

• i, ii, iv, iii

• ii, i, iv, iii

• ii, iii, iv, 1

• i, ii, iii, iv

The state has never been involved in the ownership of any oil company in the history of Trinidad and Tobago?

• True

• False

The Trinidad Labour Riots occurred in the year ..............

• 1973

• 1903

• 1937

• None of the above?