Texas Fourth Grade Studies Weekly Exam 2

In 1901, a large amount of oil was discovered in

• Austin

• Midland and Odessa

• The Big Thicket

• Spindletop

In the article "How Texas Oil Changed the Life of a Pioneer Girl," the reader can tell Florence Childress lived the life of a pioneer in Taiban because

• she bought many new pairs of shoes

• her father got a job in Spindletop

• her family lived in a dugout

• they raised chickens

Look at the following diagram from the article "Products from Texas are Everywhere!" Which of the following belongs on the blank line?

• perfume

• mattresses

• paper and plastic products

• food

A geologist would most likely be interested in studying

• wildflowers in the Hill Country

• fish caught along the Texas coast

• Pilot Knob near Austin

• white tail deer in Central Texas

Read the article "Texas Oil Changes the World." Use the information in this article to answer the next question. What is the main idea of the article?

• Oil is discovered in Texas.

• Florence Childress moves to Spindletop.

• The automobile replaces the horse and buggy.

• Countries around the world use oil.

(1) Students who attended small schools in Texas one-hundred years ago would think students in today's schools are rich.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• change small schools to Small Schools

• change today's to todays

• change one-hundred to one hundred

• make no change

(2) Did you know that many of the children did not wear shoes.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• change know to no

• change the period to a question mark

• change wear to where

• make no change

According to this map, which city is located east of Austin?

• El Paso

• Brownsville

• Fort Worth

• Houston

Examine the symbols on this map. What is the difference between the symbols O and △?

• The O = a large city, and the △ = a large mountain.

• The symbols are both used for identifying large cities.

• The symbols are both used for identifying mountains.

• The O = a large mountain, and the △ = a large city.

Which region of Texas is mostly flat with very few trees and gets 12-33 inches of rain each year?

• Great Plains

• Guadalupe Plains

• Coastal Plains

• Central Plains