Oil Industry

______________ is a town undergoing growth due to sudden economic prosperity.

Petroleum as it comes naturally from the ground, before refining is called....

• crude

• kerosene

• diesel

• gusher

What type of fuel was used for light 100 years ago?

• petroleum

• kerosene

• diesel

• crude

With the development of the ____________, the demand for oil increased.

• Iron Horse

• refineries

• derriks

• automobile

Where was more oil produced in one day than in the entire world combined?

• Spindletop

• Pennsylvania

• Dallas, Texas

• El Paso, Texas

When the supply of oil outweighed the demand for it, a cycle had been created. This cycle was the....

• the Spindletop strike cycle

• get rich quick cycle

• boom and bust cycle

• wildcatter cycle

A process of taking oil out of the ground by pumping water underground...

• petroleum

• fracking

• bust and boom cycle

• refining oil

What word represents the value of oil?

• crude

• petroleum

• black gold

• kerosene

Spindletop was a good example of a ______________.

• wildcatter

• boomer

• kerosene

• gusher

Many people scattered to boomtowns hoping to make their fortunes. With the increase in population, what became a hardship?

• There was not enough food.

• There were not enough places to sleep.

• There was not enough water.

• All of these were true.