
Gold Rush Quiz
Authored by Kathryn Keleher
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4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Who first found gold at Sutter's Mill?
Abraham Lincoln
James Marshall
John Sutter
Kobe Bryant
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
True or False: John Sutter and James Marshall tried to keep the discovery of gold a secret at first.
TRUE
FALSE
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Why is gold so valuable?
It is so rare.
It's very common.
It's extremely pretty.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
How did travelers get to California to search for gold?
By land and sea
In the air on an aircraft
By driving cars.
By train
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What were some hardships people faced traveling in covered wagons?
Wagons would break and animals would get sick.
They had to deal with bad weather.
They sometimes ran out of food and got sick.
All of these
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Gold prospectors were often called _____________because many of them arrived in California in 1849 at the start of the Gold Rush.
gold seekers
forty-niners
money hungry
pilgrims
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
True or False: Everyone who mined for gold became rich during the Gold Rush.
TRUE
FALSE
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