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Gold Rush

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In who's saw mill was gold first found?

a)

John Stutter

b)

James Marshall

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Miners

2.

What did Stutter plan on doing with the gold at his mill?

a)

Become a merchant

b)

Build more mills

c)

Build a city

3.

Where was gold first found in California?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Bodie

d)

Coloma

4.

Why were the miners who came for gold called forty-niners?

a)

49 people found gold

b)

It was the year 1849

c)

People came from 49 different places

5.

What is the method of scooping up dirt from creeks and rivers so the gold will sink to the bottom called?

a)

Panning

b)

Mining

c)

Scooping

6.

How many people of the lot who came to California "struck it rich"?

a)

All of them

b)

1 of them

c)

not many

7.

Who invented the blue jeans?

a)

James Marshall

b)

Levi Strauss

c)

Jacob Davis

8.

What is a Boomtown?

a)

A town where people talk in 'Boom' language

b)

A town which always goes BOOM!

c)

A town that grows very rapidly because of business opportunities

d)

A town that has been left abandoned because none found any gold there.

9.

What is a Ghost-town?

a)

A town with lots of ghosts

b)

A failed boomtown

c)

A town that has very less population

10.

Which is the most popular Ghost-town?

a)

Bodie, California

b)

San Francisco, California

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

Houston, Texas

11.

Who were the most successful people during the time of the "Gold Fever"?

a)

Miners who founds tons of gold.

b)

Merchants, entrepreneurs, and steamboat owners.

12.

What is an entrepreneur?

a)

A person who found a lot of gold.

b)

A person who starts and manages a business.

c)

A person who invented something with someone else's idea.