
California Gold Rush
Authored by John Robinson
Social Studies
4th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold?
Gold sifting
Dirt panning
Panning for gold
Pan searching
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where was the gold near San Franscisco first discovered?
in a river.
in a field.
in a well.
in a canyon
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The "49ers" had what was called ____________.
silver fever
gold fever
hay fever
scarlet fever
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?
Surfers
Coasters
Forty Niners
Raiders
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where was gold first discovered in California?
Sutters Mill
San Fransisco
San Diego
Sacramento
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was "gold fever?"
A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold
B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California
C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold
D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring gold
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Mexican and Chinese miners worked hard and found a lot of gold, but they also faced discrimination. What is discrimination?
unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic
given fair treatment
when others help each other out
treating others like you want to be treated
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