Gold: Chapter 7 North American Gold Rushes

What was James Marshall doing when he discivered flakes of gold in 1848?

• working in a timber mill

• moving timber down the river

• building a timber mill

• cuttig timber in forests

Before they were allowed to enter Canada during the gold rush, gold seekers were required to have

• sufficient miney to support themsekves for a year

• a mining licence

• safety equipment and mining tools

• a year's supply of food

The most likely reason why only 30 000 of the 100 000 prospectors that set out for the Klondike actually made it there was because they

• were not allow to enter Canada because they did not have a year's supply of food

• discovered other goldfields on the way and stayed there to seek their fortune

• either gave up because of harsh conditions or they died

• were unable to cross the Klondike river because there were not boats available

'Gold! Gold! Gold form the American River!' Which of the following is not a name given to the punctuation marks surrounding this text?

• speech marks

• apostrophes

• inverted commas

• quotation marks

'Gold seekers needed to have a year's supply of food before they were allowed to enter Canada.' An apostrophe has been used to show

• the word 'year's is a contraction of 'year is'

• the sentence refers to more than one year

• the sentence refers to just one year

• the sentence refers to more than one supply

This led to the first and biggest gold rush in the United States of America. In this sentence the words 'first' and 'biggest' are both

• adverbs

• pronouns

• prepositions

• adjectives