Gold Rush Vocabulary Words Test #1

What is the land route from Missouri to California?

• El Camino Trail

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

• Texas Trail

Underground deposits of gold are...

• deep leads

• underground treasure

• deep gold

What did the miner say when the found gold?

• Oh no!

• Eureka!

• Rats!

• Aargh!

What is large with a curved top, pulled by oxen, horses, or mules, and was a method of transportation in the United States during the 1800s?

• car

• bicycle

• train

• covered wagon

What is the title given to people who during the Gold Rush traveled by ship to California?

• astronauts

• argonauts

• acrobats

The route that connected the California missions. It is referred to as, "The Kings Highway" and "The Royal Road".

• Goldenrod street

• The 405 freeway

• Pacific Coast Highway

• El Camino Real

What is "Alta California"?

• The name of the man discovered gold in CA.

• The name given to the era in the 1800's

• The name given to Upper California

• The name of the person who started the Gold Rush.

What is the name of the wooden box that is set on rockers and used when mining gold?

• rocking chair

• baby rocker

• gold rocker

What is a boomtown?

• A city that grows rapidly

• A city that has been blown up by dynamite.

• A city in Disneyland.

• A city where explosives are made.

Tunnels that were dug underground and are linked to a mine shaft.

• forty-niners

• covered wagons

• boomtowns

• drives