Oklahoma History Oklahoma Economy & Natural Resources 2

Question 1

What nickname did Tulsa earn during the early 20th century oil boom due to its dominance in the petroleum industry?

Accepted Answer

Oil Capital of the World

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Gateway to the Energy Frontier

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Petroleum Hub of America

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Black Gold City

Question 2

The Cushing-Drumright oil field, discovered in 1912, became so productive that at its peak it supplied approximately what share of U.S. oil production?

Accepted Answer

About one-sixth (17%)

Answer

About one-half (50%)

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About one-tenth (10%)

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About one-third (33%)

Question 3

Phillips Petroleum Company, a major Oklahoma-based energy firm, was co-founded in Bartlesville in 1917 by which brothers?

Accepted Answer

Frank and L.E. Phillips

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Tom and Bill Phillips

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Waite and Will Phillips

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John and James Phillips

Question 4

In 1928, oil was discovered beneath which Oklahoma city, leading to derricks appearing in residential neighborhoods and even on the State Capitol grounds?

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma City

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Tulsa

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Enid

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Muskogee

Question 5

The Osage Nation became one of the wealthiest peoples per capita in the world in the early 20th century because they retained mineral rights to their reservation, which contained vast deposits of what?

Accepted Answer

Oil

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Coal

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Natural gas only

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Gold

Question 6

Oklahoma oilman E.W. Marland, who at one point controlled approximately 10% of the world's known oil reserves before losing his company, later became what?

Accepted Answer

Governor of Oklahoma

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U.S. Secretary of the Interior

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President of Standard Oil

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U.S. Senator from Oklahoma

Question 7

Which Oklahoma wildcatter earned the nickname 'King of the Wildcatters' for his prolific oil discoveries across Oklahoma and other states in the early 20th century?

Accepted Answer

Tom Slick

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Frank Phillips

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Robert Kerr

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William Skelly