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Gold Mining Week of March 30th

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is gold a popular metal for making jewelry?

a)

It is shiny.

b)

It is found everywhere.

c)

It is beautiful and soft.

d)

It is scarce.

2.

Why is gold valuable?

a)

It is scarce.

b)

It is found everywhere.

c)

It is yellow.

d)

It is heavy.

3.

What is the earliest record of cups and jewelry made from gold?

a)

1828

b)

1848

c)

3500 BC

d)

100 BC

4.

During the middle ages, what men tried to make gold?

a)

forty-niners

b)

alchemists

c)

long-toms

d)

miners

5.

Where and when was the first American gold rush?

a)

California, 1848

b)

Colorado, 1858

c)

George, 1828

d)

Nevada, 1859

6.

What were two ways of getting to the gold fields?

a)

sea

b)

land

c)

air

7.

What were two dangers of the overland route to the gold fields?

a)

broken ships

b)

getting lost

c)

leaving at the wrong time of year

d)

disease

8.

What was one danger of sea travel?

a)

getting lost

b)

unsafe ships

c)

no food for the livestock

9.

What was one disadvantage of the Panama route?

a)

rough seas

b)

disease

c)

angry natives

10.

What stayed in the miner's pan after the sand, gravel, and water washed out?

a)

gold

b)

dirt

c)

rocks

d)

mud

11.

How many men were needed to operate a cradle?

a)

1

b)

2-3

c)

4-5

d)

6-7

12.

What mining device was 12-25 feet long and could trap more gold than a cradle?

a)

pan

b)

cradle

c)

long-tom

d)

pick

13.

What is coyote mining?

a)

Sinking shafts into the ground to get gold that has settled in the bedrock

b)

Using high-powered hoses to wash off the mountain sides

c)

Using dynamite to blast gold out of the mountain

14.

What mining technique used high-powered hoses to wash off the mountain sides?

a)

Cradle

b)

Hydraulic Mining

c)

Coyote Mining

d)

Long Toms

15.

What mining method was eventually banned because of its damage to the environment

a)

Long-toms

b)

Coyote Mining

c)

Cradles

d)

Hydraulic Mining

16.

When was gold discovered in California?

a)

1828

b)

1848

c)

1849

d)

1850

17.

Who discovered gold in California?

a)

John Sutter

b)

James Marshall

c)

Zebulon Pike

d)

T.P. Comstock

18.

What nickname is given to the men who rushed to California in 1849?

a)

Miners

b)

Gold Rushers

c)

Fifty-Niners

d)

Forty-Niners

19.

What were miners forced to create when they arrived in California?

a)

Hotels

b)

Hospitals

c)

Laws

d)

Banks

20.

What is the Mother Lode?

a)

First town in California

b)

California's gold fields

c)

James Marshall's dog

d)

Nevada's gold fields

21.

What happened to California's population as a result of the gold rush?

a)

it increased

b)

it decreased

c)

it remained the same

22.

What could a miner do if he felt mistreated by a group of miners?

a)

call a camp meeting

b)

nothing, there was no law and order

c)

arrest the group of miners

d)

send the miners back home

23.

How was camp justice administered?

a)

there was no camp justice

b)

slow and weak

c)

rough and quick

24.

How did a miner stake a claim?

a)

Mark the land

b)

Drive a stake into the land

c)

File a claim with the camp recorder

d)

All of the above

25.

How did the miners govern themselves?

a)

The strongest miner was in charge

b)

Democratic camp meetings

c)

There was no government

26.

What were two non-white groups that worked in the gold fields?

a)

Chinese

b)

Irish

c)

Latin Americans

d)

English

27.

Why did the Indians dislike the miners?

a)

They took all the gold.

b)

They were mean to them.

c)

They destroyed the land and scared away the animals.

d)

They fought with them.

28.

How were the Chinese treated in the mining camps?

a)

fairly

b)

with kindness

c)

they were beaten and robbed

d)

equally

29.

Who were the "Chilenos"?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Miners

c)

Chinese

d)

Latin Americans

30.

Justice was fair to everyone except what race?

a)

White

b)

Non-white

31.

Why was the gold and silver discovery in Nevada called the Comstock Lode?

a)

T.P. Comstock discovered the gold

b)

The gold was found on Comstock's land

c)

T.P. Comstock died trying to find gold

d)

T.P. Comstock lied and told everyone the gold was found on his land.

32.

Who made the Comstock discovery

a)

Sutter and Marshall

b)

McLaughlin and O'Riley

c)

Henry T.P. Comstock

d)

Jackson and Gregory

33.

Where was the gold and silver in Nevada discovered?

a)

Cherry Creek

b)

Clear Creek

c)

Virginia City

d)

Sutter's Mill

34.

What was the dollar value of the gold and silver mined from the Comstock?

a)

$100 million

b)

$200 million

c)

$300 million

d)

$400 million

35.

How was mining the Comstock different from earlier gold rushes?

a)

The gold was in the lake

b)

The gold was in rocks

c)

The gold was visible and didn't need to be mined

36.

What did the early Colorado rushers paint on their wagons?

a)

"Pike's Peak or Bust"

b)

"Busted"

c)

"Fifty-Niners"

d)

"Gold Rushers"

37.

What kind of books were first written about the Colorado gold rush?

a)

Bibles

b)

How to Mine

c)

Guidebooks

d)

Cookbooks

38.

What happened to Colorado as a result of the gold rush?

a)

The Native Americans were forced out of Colorado

b)

Colorado became a part of California

c)

Colorado became a state

d)

Colorado went to war with Mexico

39.

When was gold discovered in Colorado?

a)

1848

b)

1858

c)

1849

d)

1859

40.

Where was gold discovered in 1859?

a)

Colorado

b)

Nevada

c)

Colorado and Nevada

d)

California