Texas Oil

Texas Oil

7th Grade

10 Qs

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Texas Oil

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did the increased urbanization of Texas change the types of jobs made available to people? 

Jobs were only available in industries and technologies.
Jobs moved from industries and technological production to farming and agriculture.
 The only jobs that were made available were in the area of agriculture.
Jobs moved from farming and agriculture to industries and technological production.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?

1866
1930
1901
1914

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The growth of the petroleum industry led to increased populations in cities like Houston, Midland, Odessa, and Beaumont. This statement describes which of the following pocesses?

Vertical Integration 
Horizontal Integration 
Boom & Bust Cyle 
Urbanization

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is the best definition of a "boom and bust cycle"?

a period of business growth followed by a period in industry failures or depression

a period of low profits followed by a large growth in an industry

a period of high unemployment followed by a growth period

a period of growth leading to higher employment

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Oil boom in Texas created what?

Jobs, higher incomes, a Good Economy

Tenant Farming, Sharecropping

Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns?

discovery of oil
discovery of railroads
cattle industry
Windmills

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which word means: A period of great profits followed by downward trend in an industry.

Industrialization
Urbanization
Boom and Bust Cycle

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