Texas Oil Boom

Texas Oil Boom

7th Grade

21 Qs

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Texas Oil Boom

Texas Oil Boom

Assessment

Quiz

History

7th Grade

Medium

Created by

wilfredo zuniga

Used 9+ times

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

dark, thick, liquid fossil fuel

from which kerosene is made

natural gas

derriks

fossil fuels

petroleum

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

fuel formed underground

from plant or animal remains

fossil fuels

derricks

natural gas

oil

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

towers that support oil-drilling

equipment, which could be seen

in Corsicana in the 1890s

vertical integration

horizontal integration

derricks

wildcatters

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

1901 oil strike that marked the

beginning of the Texas oil boom

Beaumont strike

Houston strike

Spindletop strike

Santa Rita No.1 strike

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The drillers who struck oil in Corsicana had been drilling for

water

petroleum

natural gas

oil

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

By 1902 the price of oil had hit an all-time low of

one cent a barrel

three cents a barrel

seven cents a barrel

nine cents a barrel

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Some Texas oil companies were owned by ____________________________, independent oil operators who searched for new fields.

entrepreneurs

philanthropist

wildcatters

cowboys

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