US History ch. 10 - Review

What is petroleum?

• water from an underground spring

• steel

• a liquid that can be made into fuel

• a suspension bridge

What is the name for a person who starts and organizes a business?

• Engineer

• Entrepreneur

• Philanthropist

• Principal

What is a corporation?

• a large, organized company owned by stockholders.

• an organization that joins two or more business

• fuel used in lamps

• Bedford High School

A corporation that has little competition is called a _______.

• liability

• monopoly

• vertical combination

• horizontal combination

Conservation is ____________________

• wasting resources

• something that is harmful to living things

• having to do with development.

• the act of protecting natural resources

What are some examples of natural resources?

• water

• hamburgers

• Coca cola

• soil

What is a refinery?

• a place where a good is made into another product.

• a large bridge

• a corporation

• automobile

The Brooklyn Bridge is a ________________.

• river

• railroad

• connecting bridge

• suspension bridge

People traveled to Titusville _______________.

• after Edwin Drake struck oil there.

• to work for the Standard Oil company.

• to see if the oil there could be used in lamps.

• along the Great Northern Railway System.

One way a corporation raises capital is by __________.

• paying workers more

• hiring immigrants

• building large factories

• selling stock