California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

8th Grade

18 Qs

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California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

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1.

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

2.

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

1492
1619
1776
1848

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mexican and Chinese miners worked hard and found a lot of gold, but they also faced discrimination. What is discrimination?

unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic

given fair treatment

when others help each other out

treating others like you want to be treated

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