Gold Rush Doodle Nts Quiz

Who owned California during the time that gold was discovered in 1848?

• California

• Mexico

• United States

• France

What does the word ceded mean?

• To Add

• Giving up

• Taking away

• To Go to war

What treaty was signed that ceded California to the US?

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Adams-Onis

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

How many people would pour into California's boom towns?

• 30,000

• 300,000,000

• 300,000

• 3,000

Due to the influx in population, what happened to California in 1850?

• It became a colony

• It became a state

• It became a Nation

• It left Mexico

What name was given to the people rushing in prior to 1850?

• Californio's

• Mexicans

• Boomers

• 49ners

What is one of the most common methods used to find gold?

• Shaking vigorously

• Mining

• sieving

• Panning

What were required necessary supplies for finding gold?

• Mining pan, sieve, car and scraper

• Food, living supplies, tent and shovel

• Sieve, pick, shovel, river, ghost towns

The first gold rush was not the California Gold Rush, what was the first Gold Rush?

• Reed's Farm in North Dakota

• Reed's Farm in North Carolina

• Reed's Farm in California

• Reed's Farm in North Viriginia

What area of the map is California In?

• North

• South

• West

• East