Oil Quiz Updated

a building to process oil

• refinery

• derrick

• scrip

• gusher

a tower that supports an oil drill

• scrip

• derrick

• wildcatter

• roughneck

an increase in oil production is called a boom

• True

• False

Patillo Higgins was a roughneck

• True

• False

a demand for oil led to a demand for cars

• True

• False

an immigrant and leading expert in salt dome mines

• Pattillo Higgins

• Henry Ford

• Anthony Lucas

• The Hamil Brothers

How did Pattillo Higgins lose his arm?

• in a gunfight

• falling off his horse

• during the Civil War

• drilling at Spindletop

Which city is closest to Spindletop?

• Houston

• San Antonio

• Dallas

• Beaumont

Which city opened up a ship channel in 1914 allowing them to ship oil all over the world.

• Dallas

• Houston

• Corpus Christi

• Beaumont

What job led Higgins to drill for oil at Spindletop?

• sheriff

• mining engineer

• brick manufacturer

• lumberjack