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Texas Oil

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first major product to create a demand for crude oil was which of the following?

a)

Petroleum jelly lubricant

b)

Kerosene for lamps

c)

gasoline for cars

d)

synthetic rubber for tires

2.

The man who created a huge business empire based on oil.

a)

"Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbuilt

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

3.

The first major oil strike in Texas was at which well?

a)

Carnegie # 3

b)

Little Roundtop

c)

Spindletop

d)

Palo Alto

4.

Which town closest to the major oil strike became a boomtown?

a)

Beaumont

b)

Galveston

c)

New Orleans

d)

Dallas

5.

What is a 'by-product'?

a)

A by-product is something that is the main objective of a manufacturing process.

b)

A by-product is a product used to buy another product.

c)

A by-product is something lost in production.

d)

A by-product is a product made as a side-effect of another manufacturing process.

6.

The incredibly large corporation which controlled oil in the U.S. in the late 19th / early 20th century.

a)

BP

b)

Shell

c)

Chevron

d)

Standard Oil

7.

The production process for transforming crude oil into kerosene, gasoline, heating oil and other products.

a)

Distillation

b)

Maceration

c)

Injection molding

d)

Transliteration

8.

Which Texas city became the hub for refining and shipping oil?

a)

Galveston

b)

San Antonio

c)

Corpus Christi

d)

Houston

9.

The category of products made from oil into solid objects by molding, extrusion, pressing, etc.

a)

fuels

b)

fertilizers

c)

plastics

d)

cosmetics

10.

Due to pollution, the oil industry hurts Texas without providing any benefits.

a)

True

b)

False