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Amplify 7F Gold Rush Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 2hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 
a)
Gold sifting
b)
Dirt panning
c)
Panning for gold
d)
Pan searching
2.
What was James Marshall's job at Sutter's Fort?
a)
Build a mill
b)
Mine for gold in the American River
c)
Build a stronger wall
d)
Cut down lumber
3.
Where was gold first discovered in California?
a)
Rio Grande River
b)
Sutter's Mill
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Fort Marshall
4.
Who was the person that decided to tell everyone that gold was discovered in the American River?
a)
John Sutter
b)
James Marshall
c)
Sam Brannan
d)
All of the above
5.
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
a)
1948
b)
1849
c)
1848
d)
1850
6.
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
a)
John Sutter
b)
Levi Strauss
c)
James Marshall
d)
Mrs. Ross
7.

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

8.

What were towns called that were abandoned once the gold was gone?

a)

Empty cities

b)

Ghost towns

c)

Lonelyvilles

d)

Boomtowns

9.

How did many forty-niners travel to CA (choose 3)

a)

Overland Trail

b)

By Ship Around Cape Horn

c)

By Ship from Japan

d)

Across the Isthmus of Panama

e)

Traveled from Mexico

10.

When did California become a state

a)

1848

b)

1849

c)

1850

d)

1851

11.

What was the safest way to travel to California?

a)

Overland Trail by wagon train

b)

Overland Trail by Stagecoach

c)

Ship around Cape Horn

d)

Isthmus of Panaa

12.

Who became the most rich during the Gold Rush?

a)

Miners

b)

Teachers

c)

Merchants

d)

Governor

13.

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?

a)

Raiders

b)

Carpet Baggers

c)

Surfers

d)

Forty Niners

14.
Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby? 
a)
Rush towns
b)
Cities of gold
c)
Boomtowns
d)
Ghost towns
16.
What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 
a)
Gold sifting
b)
Dirt panning
c)
Panning for gold
d)
Pan searching
17.
Around how many people moved to California in 1849 to mine for gold? 
a)
1,000
b)
5,000
c)
20,000
d)
90,000
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
19.
Prices during the Gold Rush ___________________ due to supply and demand.
a)
increased
b)
decreased
20.
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.
21.
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
22.
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a)
Surfers
b)
Coasters
c)
Forty Niners
d)
Raiders
23.
Most gold miners struck it rich.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
How did Chinese immigrants face hostility in boomtowns?
a)
They were not paid enough
b)
Laws restricted Chinese miners from claims
c)
They did not work hard enough
d)
Some people thought they were vigilantes
25.

What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?

a)

Rush towns

b)

Cities of gold

c)

Boomtowns

d)

Ghost towns

26.
 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 
a)
1492
b)
1619
c)
1776
d)
1848
27.
Which of the following was a result of the California gold rush?
a)
American settlers rebelled against the Mexican government.
b)
Los Angeles became a center of banking, manufacturing, and trade.
c)
California gained enough settlers to apply for statehood.
d)
Thousands of Chinese died from diseases brought by newcomers.
28.

What was the most permanent effect of the Gold Rush?

a)

Everyone developed tumors from the water

b)

California went to war with Texas

c)

Everyone left California for Mexico

d)

Immigration in California caused diversity

29.

What tools were used for mining?

a)

scissors, knives, forks

b)

bulldozers, tractors

c)

pick ax, shovel, pan, rope

d)

drill, saw, screwdriver

30.

Why were people rushing to California in 1849?

a)

Wagons

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

Gold

d)

Shovels

31.

Most Pioneers traveled to the West by:

a)

Locomotive

b)

Ship

c)

Wagon

32.

The mechanism used to lower pioneers down into the mines was called a:

a)

Hoist

b)

49'ers

c)

Felt Cap

33.

People who were daring enough to go out west to build homesteads & explore new opportunities were called:

a)

Wagon Crazies

b)

Pioneers

c)

Lincolners

d)

Sooners

34.

True OR False: The journey west for Pioneers was MOSTLY safe.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

The Donner Party was famous due to the legend that they had to

a)

fight bears by hand to survive

b)

climb Mount Everest to make it to the West

c)

Resort to cannibalism due to lack of food

d)

invented the wagon

36.

The President who passed the Homestead Act of 1862 allowing for good deals on western land was:

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Joe Biden

37.

The Oregon Trail could be dangerous due to all of these EXCEPT

a)

Rain

b)

Sailing Deep Oceans

c)

Diseases (i.e. Cholera)

d)

Cold/ Snowstorms

38.

Which is NOT a tool to use when researching about sea life?

a)

a. Books

b)

b. Internet

c)

c. Watching Finding Nemo

d)

Talking to a marine biologist

39.

What is the first thing you need to do when you want to research something?

a)

a. Identify and understand the topic.

b)

b. Call your friends.

c)

c. Read every book in the library.

40.

When you research something, it is OK for the information to be false?

a)

yes

b)

no

41.

If you were researching dogs, Clifford books are a good researching tool to use?

a)

true

b)

false

42.

Which is NOT a primary source?

a)

Autobiography

b)

Biography

c)

Visual Arts

d)

Maps

43.

Which is NOT a Secondary Source?

a)

Biography

b)

News Papers

c)

Web Pages

d)

Autobiography

44.

Which is NOT a Tertiary Source?

a)

Encyclopedia

b)

Almanac

c)

Journal Articles

d)

Dictionary

45.

Primary Sorces are...

a)

created later by someone who did not experience firsthand the events you are researching. They often provide interpretations and analyses of primary sources, and may even include images and/or quotations from primary sources.

b)

original documents, creative works, and artifacts created during a specific period.

c)

provide an overview or summary of primary and secondary sources,

46.

Secondary Sources are...

a)

provide an overview or summary of primary and secondary sources,

b)

original documents, creative works, and artifacts created during a specific period. They include eyewitness accounts and published articles that report information and/or events for the first time,

c)

created later by someone who did not experience firsthand the events you are researching. They often provide interpretations and analyses of primary sources, and may even include images and/or quotations from primary sources.

47.

Tertiary Sources are...

a)

provide an overview or summary of primary and secondary sources

b)

created later by someone who did not experience firsthand the events you are researching. They often provide interpretations and analyses of primary sources, and may even include images and/or quotations from primary sources.

c)

original documents, creative works, and artifacts created during a specific period. They include eyewitness accounts and published articles that report information and/or events for the first time,

48.

Fill in the blank.

a)

b)

49.

Fill in the blank.

a)

b)

50.

If there is not an author you can still trust any website.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

.org means the page is associated with...

a)

The military

b)

An educational group

c)

The government

d)

A Non-profit agency

52.

.gov means the webpage is run by...

a)

The military

b)

An educational group

c)

The government

d)

A Non-profit agency

53.

A website is trustworthy if...

a)

the author's name is cited.

b)

the author's job or qualification is available.

c)

the date the author originally provided the information is present.

d)

all of the above.

54.

Web pages that provide citations of the sources used to create the site makes the web page more credible.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Plagiarism is stealing someone’s words or ideas without crediting the source.

a)

False

b)

True

56.

A completed, framed quote has three parts:

a)

An introduction to the quote (for example, According to the text… or Studies have found that…)

b)

You copy and paste.

c)

The borrowed words (the quote) in quotation marks

d)

The citation in parentheses: the author’s last name or the source title, followed by the page or paragraph number

57.

This is an example of patchwork plagiarism.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

Mrs. DV is Teacher of the Month.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Mrs. Dv's favorite color is...

a)

Black

b)

Purple

c)

Orange

d)

Pink

60.

What's AItana's favorite color?

a)

Green

b)

Pink

c)

Black

d)

I don't care.

61.

What is Mr. Donato's favorite Pokémon?

a)

Charizard

b)

Kakuna

c)

Blue Eyes White Dragon

d)

Ignitumon

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