California Gold Rush/The California Chronicle

Why did the author of "California Gold Rush" most likely include the photograph with the text?

• To show readers how miners panned for gold and what tools they used.

• To show readers the uniform miners wore.

• To show readers where California is on a map.

• To show readers the size of each flake of gold James Marshall found.

Which of the following choices is information that can be found in BOTH passages?

• About 12 million ounces of gold was found during the gold rush.

• Panning for gold was one method used by miners to search for gold.

• Rushing Elementary is holding a forty-niners night to teach others about the gold rush time period.

• James Marshall first found flakes of gold at Sutter's Mill and wanted to keep it a secret.

In "California Gold Rush" the author wrote: Many settlers claimed land as their own that actually belonged to the indigenous people, or those who first lived on the land.

What does the term indigenous mean as it is used in the sentence above?

• The last people.

• The first people.

• The rich people.

• The only people.

Using information from "The California Chronicle" where is Rushing Elementary MOST LIKELY located?

• South America

• Florida

• California

• China

Why were people who traveled to mine for gold often known as forty-niners?

• They traveled in groups of forty-nine people

• They paid forty-nine dollars for the tools and equipment needed to mine.

• Each ounce of gold found was worth forty-nine dollars.

• A large number of miners arrived in California in the year 1849 to search for gold.

Which of the following choices is NOT information a reader can learn by reading the newspaper?

• The weather on Monday will be cloudy with a fifty percent chance of rain.

• A pickaxe is a tool used to chop away rocks and mine for gold.

• People from China, Europe, and America all traveled to mine for gold.

• The men who first found gold in California wanted to originally keep it a secret.

Which of the following choices is NOT information that can be found in BOTH passages?

• In 1849, thousands of people traveled to California in hopes of finding gold.

• The tools and other supplies miners needed were often very expensive.

• The museum is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 4:00pm.

• The gold rush in California impacted the lives of Native Americans.

Which of the following groups of people are NOT listed in the newspaper as attending the school's forty-niner night??

• students

• teachers

• reporters

• gold salespeople

According to information from the text, which choice BEST describes a boomtown?

• A town that was quickly built and grew rapidly in places where gold was found.

• A town that was abandoned because there was no more gold to be found in the area.

• A town created to teach miners about safety practices while searching for gold.

• A town that started small and grew very slowly.

According to information from both passages, which choice best describes supply and demand?

• The demand for mining tools was great and the supply was limited. So, sellers charged large prices for mining tools.

• The demand for mining tools was very low. Therefore, the price was also low.

• The supply of mining tools was high as they could be found everywhere. So the price was also high.

• The demand for mining tools was low as no one needed them during the gold rush. Therefore, the prices were also low.