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Klondike and California Gold Rush

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the KLONDIKE gold rush?

a)

1800-1888

b)

1980-1990

c)

1896-1899

d)

1869-1876

2.

where was the KLONDIKE gold rush?

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Toronto

d)

Yukon

3.

How many people went to klondike

a)

30,000

b)

500,000

c)

100,000

d)

1,000

4.

how many people COMPLETED the trip to klondike?

a)

100,000

b)

10,000

c)

300

d)

30,000

5.

To go to klondike people sold their farms and dropped businesses to go

a)

True

b)

False

6.

what was the normal temperature of the klondike trail?

a)

-20 F.

b)

20 F.

c)

-15 F.

d)

-30 F.

7.

who were the klondike kings?

a)

Keish-Skookum Jim, George Washington, Kate Carmack-

b)

Samuel Brannan, Leland Stanford, Levi Strauss

c)

Charles Maule Ramsay, Frank H. Reid, Tex Rickard

8.

Who am I?

a)

Jayesh Skookum

b)

Keish-Skookum Jim

c)

George washington

d)

Robet Mckeandly

9.

what was Keish-Skookum Jim considered to be?

a)

a wealthy man

b)

a generous man of historic significance

c)

a dishonest person

d)

a hard worker

10.

How many dollars worth of gold was found in the KLONDIKE gold rush?

a)

1 billion

b)

2 thousand

c)

One hundred

d)

10 billion

11.

What type farming was practiced in the Great Plains?

a)

Pastoral Farming

b)

Commercial Farming

c)

Dry farming

d)

Subsistence Farming

12.

What act helped settlement in the Great Plains?

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

13.

Where were the Great Plains located?

a)

Canada

b)

East Coast

c)

West Coast

d)

In the middle of the United States, extending from the South and Midwest

14.

What weather did the Great Plains endure?

a)

Cold weather always

b)

Humid weather

c)

Extreme weather varying by seasons (dry to cold)

d)

Several inches of rainfall daily

15.

What technology helped settle the Great Plains?

a)

Steel Plow

b)

Dry Farming

c)

Railroad

d)

All of the answer choices are correct

16.

When did the California Gold Rush occur?

a)

1949

b)

1979

c)

1959

d)

1969

17.

What were migrants who rushed to the California Gold Rush called?

a)

Forty-Niners

b)

Gold diggers

c)

Miners

d)

Longhorns

18.

Who started the California Gold Rush?

a)

Louis Moliongton

b)

David Marlington

c)

James Marshall

d)

Shane Marshall

19.

Who struck lucky at the Gold Rush?

a)

Everyone

b)

All Americans

c)

Mexicans

d)

Very select few

20.

What did the Gold Rush cause?

a)

California became a state

b)

San Francisco was destroyed

c)

Texas was annexed

d)

Florida was lost to the Spanish