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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What did the miner say when the found gold?

• Oh no!

• Eureka!

• Rats!

• Aargh!

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• astronauts

• argonauts

• acrobats

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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

• rocking chair

• baby rocker

• gold rocker

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

• forty-niners

• covered wagons

• boomtowns

• drives

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C