Boomtowns

Boomtowns

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Boomtowns

Boomtowns

Assessment

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Social Studies

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Towns that quickly grew up around gold discoveries were known as________. These same towns became known as _________ when the gold dried up.

Reservations; Boomtowns

Boomtowns; Ghost towns

Suburbs; Boomtowns

Ghost towns; Boomtowns

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The boomtown of Virginia City, NV was built near the _______ lode site. This lode was worth around $300 million.

Comstock

Woodstock

Dot Com

Stockholm

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

What was a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population called?

flavor town

ghost town

homesteads

boomtown

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?

ghost towns

Cities of gold

boomtowns

Rush towns

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Oil companies and
refineries developed
throughout Texas and
“boomtowns” grew
around successful wells

Political

Social

Economic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Towns that quickly grew when miners arrived in large numbers were called _______.

Boomtowns

Ghost towns

Mining villages

Trade centers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One example of a boomtown that grew rapidly was _______ _______.

Los Angeles

Sacramento City

San Diego

San Francisco

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