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Petroleum: A Short History of Black Gold
Topic: By the early 1900s, the Standard Oil Company of John D. Rockefeller came to control almost all of the American oil industry. Transcript of radio broadcast. Source: VOA

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1. Petroleum was used in ancient times for making
roads.
cars.
rolls.

2. Petroleum comes from the remains of
ancient times.
plants and animals.
dinosaurs and other animals.

3. Oil can also contain a lot of sulfur.
True.
False.
The author doesn't say.

4. The modern history of oil started in
1800.
1850.
1980.

5. Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in the US in
1815.
1829.
1859.

6. John D. Rockefeller entered the oil business in
the early 1816.
the early 1860s.
1870.

7. The company Standard Oil was divided into
24 companies.
34 companies.
54 companies.

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