WorksheetsTexas Oil
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The first major product to create a demand for crude oil was which of the following?
Petroleum jelly lubricant
Kerosene for lamps
gasoline for cars
synthetic rubber for tires
The man who created a huge business empire based on oil.
"Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
The first major oil strike in Texas was at which well?
Carnegie # 3
Little Roundtop
Spindletop
Palo Alto
Which town closest to the major oil strike became a boomtown?
Beaumont
Galveston
New Orleans
Dallas
What is a 'by-product'?
A by-product is something that is the main objective of a manufacturing process.
A by-product is a product used to buy another product.
A by-product is something lost in production.
A by-product is a product made as a side-effect of another manufacturing process.
The incredibly large corporation which controlled oil in the U.S. in the late 19th / early 20th century.
BP
Shell
Chevron
Standard Oil
The production process for transforming crude oil into kerosene, gasoline, heating oil and other products.
Distillation
Maceration
Injection molding
Transliteration
Which Texas city became the hub for refining and shipping oil?
Galveston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Houston
The category of products made from oil into solid objects by molding, extrusion, pressing, etc.
fuels
fertilizers
plastics
cosmetics
Due to pollution, the oil industry hurts Texas without providing any benefits.
True
False
