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Age of Oil Activity
By CAITLIN Nichols RILEY
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Age of Oil Activity
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SS.7.7a
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Question 1
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What is one thing that we use oil, coal, and natural gas for?
A. Power steamboats
B. Power our cars, and generate electricity
C. Gasoline for planes
D. B and C
Question 2
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What does it mean if a resource is “non-renewable”?
A. It can be remade easily
B. It can not be remade anymore
Question 3
3.
Oil is originally made out of dead ________ and _________.
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Question 4
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What happened at Spindletop in 1901
SS.7.7b
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Question 5
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What does the word petroleum mean?
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Question 7
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Exit Ticket Question:
The discovery of huge reserves of oil at Spindletop in 1901 had which of the following effects?
a. It led to an economic crash where everyone lost their money.
b. It led to the creation of major oil companies and a booming auto industry.
c. It helped the growth of agriculture (farming) on the Texas coast.
d. It provided fewer opportunities for investors to make money.
Question 6
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How did Texas oil help the United States win World War II?
A. Texas produced oil
B. Texas produced twice as much oil as than the United States
C. Texas produced twice as much oil as Nazi Germany and Japan
