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Age of Oil and Natural Disaters

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which image shows an urban area?

a)
b)
2.

How did the overproduction of oil affect the price?

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3.

Where crude petroleum is refined, or cleaned, to make it ready to use

a)

oil cleaning

b)

refinery

c)

oil finisher

4.

The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger

a)

Urbanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Incorporation

5.

Site near Beaumont in 1901 where a gusher spewed oil for 9 days at a rate estimated at 100,000 barrels of oil per day. This started the age of oil.

a)

Ranger

b)

Houston

c)

Spindletop

6.

What was the goal of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association?

a)

right for women to vote

b)

a graduated income tax

c)

reform for prisons

d)

public warehouses for crop storage

7.

In what year did oil drillers discover the first major oil field in Texas?

a)

1901

b)

1836

c)

1865

d)

1918

8.
What nickname was given to towns that were created quickly due to the rush of people towards successful oil fields in Texas?
a)
"boom towns"
b)
"ghost towns"
c)
"oil towns"
d)
"rail towns"
9.
What natural disaster occurred in the year 1900 in Galveston?
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Hurricane Katrina
c)
Hurricane Ike
d)
Issac's Storm
10.

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was especially devastating because -

a)

few people listened to the many warnings to leave the island

b)

there was little advance warning of the hurricane and therefore no preparations for it

c)

Galveston's commission government was not capable of dealing with the crisis.

d)

the sea wall and other protective measures taken earlier proved insufficient

11.
Which of the following was an modification made by Galveston to lessen the impact of storms?
a)
Houses on stilts.
b)
Relocated their city to the other side of the island.
c)
Built a sea wall to protect buildings from large waves. 
d)
Storm detection system installed to warn citizens of coming storms.
12.

Which region of Texas was affected by the Dust Bowl?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains & Basins

13.

Which was NOT one of the causes of the Dust Bowl?

a)

drought

b)

overgrazing

c)

high precipitation

d)

high winds

14.

The image shows:

a)

Galveston Hurricane

b)

Dust Bowl