WorksheetsGold Rush
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
a)
1948
b)
1849
c)
1848
d)
1850
2.
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
a)
John Sutter
b)
Levi Strauss
c)
James Marshall
d)
Pio Pico
3.
Which of these was not a type of mining for gold?
a)
gold panning
b)
rockers
c)
juice box
d)
long toms
4.
What was the most destructive type of mining for the land?
a)
gold panning
b)
hydraulic mining
c)
coyote holes
d)
sluice boxes
5.
Which was not an option for journeying to California during the Gold Rush?
a)
overland routes in wagons
b)
ships around Cape Horn
c)
ships with shortcut through the Isthmus of Panama
d)
the Transcontinental Railroad
6.
What was the quickest route to California at this time?
a)
Around Cape Horn
b)
Through the Strait of Magellan
c)
Crossing over the Isthmus of Panama
d)
Overland routes
7.
Most gold miners struck it rich.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What was the first thing miners did when they arrived in California?
a)
stake a claim for their land
b)
take a shower
c)
start gold panning
d)
try to meet friends
9.
During the Gold Rush, people came from many of the following countries EXCEPT
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Chile
d)
Germany
10.
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?
a)
Surfers
b)
Coasters
c)
Forty Niners
d)
Raiders
11.
Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?
a)
Rush towns
b)
Boomtowns
c)
Cities of gold
d)
Ghost towns
13.
About how many people moved to California in 1849 to mine for gold?
a)
1,000
b)
5,000
c)
20,000
d)
90,000
14.
1. What was "gold fever?"
a)
A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold
b)
B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California
c)
C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold
d)
D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring gold
15.
In what way did camp life change for miners over time?
a)
Camps grew into towns with shops and restaurants.
b)
Fires spread from tent to tent more quickly and easily.
c)
Immigrants faced less discrimination than before.
d)
Miners began to live in tents instead of in cabins and houses.
16.
Prices during the Gold Rush ___________________ due to supply and demand.
a)
increased
b)
decreased
17.
Which of the following is NOT true about a Horn Spoon?
a)
horn shaped
b)
made out of animal horn
c)
a tool for digging gold
d)
the name of a book
18.
An argonaut is
a)
a person who travels to space
b)
a sailor
c)
someone in search of gold
d)
all of the above
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