Gold Rush
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8th Grade
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JEFF KASH
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s mill in _________, California.
San Fernanda
North Hollywood
Sacramento
San Francisco
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_______was discovered at Sutter’s mill in 1848, California.
plastic
gold
silver
oil
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why has gold been valued gold throughout the years? Choose all the correct answers.
it is scarce
it is beautiful
it is easy to shape
it is resistant to tarnish
it glows in the dark
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The following year thousands of gold seekers set out to make their fortunes. A ______ who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.
Dodger
Forty-Niner
Forty-Eighter
San Franciscan
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A 49er who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.
Sail 18,000 miles around South America and up the Pacific coast—suffering from storms, seasickness, and spoiled food.
Sail around the horn of Africa.
Sail to the narrow Isthmus of Panama, cross overland (and risk catching a deadly tropical disease), and then sail to California.
Travel the trails across North America— braving rivers, prairies, mountains, and all the hardships of the trail.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
By _____, the gold rush was over.
1752
1852
1952
2022
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
While it lasted, about _______ people flooded into California because of the Gold Rush.
250
2,500
25,000
250,000
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