Changes in Texas

Where was the first oil well discovered?

• Electra

• Spindletop

• Dallas

• Amarillo

Natural oil is also called....

• natural gas

• gasoline

• kerosene

• petroleum

Who was drilling when oil was discovered?

• Pattillo Higgins

• Captain Anthony Lucas

• Edwy Brown

• Henry Ford

In the beginning, Spindletop produced how much of the state's total oil?

• 20%

• 34%

• 94%

• 75%

A factory that cleans and produces oil into products such as gasoline and kerosene is a ...

• gas station

• refinery

• hospital

• windmill

Which is NOT a way oil was used?

• to run tractors

• to make pavement

• to build houses

• to run factories and machines

How is natural gas made?

• from rocks and sand

• from petroleum

• from oil

• from the remains of dead animals and plants

The oil boom brought many Texans to live an ______ life, or life in the city.

• urban

• sad

• rural

__________ is a group of businesses that make a type of product or provide a type of service.

• manufacture

• refinery

• industry

• factory

What was created in 1920 because of the "car boom"?

• horns

• gas stations

• more wheels

• traffic laws and signs