Heritage Ch 8 Test

Who rushed to California in search of gold?

• pioneers

• forty-niners

• merchants

What were the people who first settled an area called?

• pioneers

• forty-niners

• merchants

Who gained the most money from the California gold rush?

• miners

• merchants

• pioneers

Who gets natural resources from the earth?

• pioneers

• merchants

• miners

Who was the president of Mexico?

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• Brigham Young

Who was the leader of the Mormons?

• Henry Spalding

• Marcus Whitman

• Brigham Young

Who was the president of Texas?

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• Brigham Young

Who wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language?

• Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

• Henry and Eliza Spalding

• Brigham Young

What feature on a map shows where an area is located in the world?

• map scale

• locator map

• border

What can be used to find the actual distance between two places on a map?

• border

• map scale

• locator map