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WorksheetsGold Rush Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Johann Sutter wanted to share the discovery of gold
True
False
Which route is the shortest?
Yellow: land route
Red: sea and land route through Isthmus of Panama
Purple: sea route around Cape Horn
What effect did the Gold Rush have on California's population?
More than 300,000 people came
More than 1 million people came
Less than 20,000 people came
What did Newcomers from across the United States and around the world bring to California?
new customs/traditions
new languages
new types of food
All are correct
What year was gold discovered?
1900
1848
1845
2022
What caused mining camps to become dangerous?
More people kept coming until the towns were too crowded to maintain a sense of order.
The 49ers chose their own lands to claim without getting the landowners' permission.
Businesses started to open up
There were too many routes.
What was the Gold Rush like for women?
Women wanted to search for gold like the men.
Women stayed safe and learned how to earn good money
Women found mining towns to be very dangerous.
There were no women during the Gold Rush.
How did women earn money?
(multiple answers)
Sewing
Cooking
Sewing
nothing
Which picture shows the method of panning for gold.
Which picture shows the method of using a cradle to find gold?
Which picture shows the method of using a long tom to find gold?
What are boomtowns?
Towns that are located near mines
Towns that are home to immigrants
Towns that are located near waterways
Towns that start up and grow at a fast pace
What are the effects of the Gold Rush we still see today?
The Gold Rush changed the land
Miners took the gold on the surface
We see mudslides and floods during heavy rains in the areas they mined for gold.
Who really benefited from the Gold Rush?
Miners
Business Owners
Vigilantes
Johann Sutter
