California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

5th Grade

10 Qs

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California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

Assessment

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

1492
1619
1776
1848

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where was gold first discovered in California?

Sutters Mill
San Fransisco
San Diego
Sacramento

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 

Surfers
Coasters
Forty Niners
Raiders

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What was "gold fever?"

A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold

B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California

C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold

D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring gold

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 

Gold sifting
Dirt panning
Panning for gold
Pan searching

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an entrepreneur?

someone who moved to California looking for gold

type of steamboat

someone who takes a risk to start a business

a boomtown

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Levi Strauss is famous for

creating the first pair of blue jeans

creating the first grocery store

finding gold

creating the telegraph

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