Oil Boom In Texas Quiz

Oil Boom In Texas Quiz

7th Grade

22 Qs

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Oil Boom In Texas Quiz

Oil Boom In Texas Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The fact that the growth of the oil industry caused new businesses to be founded and created lots of new jobs is what type of effect?

Economic

Political

Social

Environmental

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What natural disaster occurred in the year 1900 in Galveston?

Galveston Hurricane
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Ike
Issac's Storm

3.

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

4.

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The discovery of oil and the growth of railroads led to??

The destabilization of Texas
World War 1
The urbanization of Texas.
The oilization of Texas

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a boomtown?

The center of banking and real estate. 
A town that has been destroyed in an oil explosion. 
A town that grows rapidly after the discovery of oil
Major cities that grew because of the lack of Oil nearby

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?

1866
1930
1901
1914

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