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WorksheetsMy World: The Gold Rush
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did the gold rush begin?
a)
1850
b)
1848
c)
1823
d)
1849
2.
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 California gold
3.
Where was gold first discovered in California?
a)
Sutters Mill
b)
San Fransisco
c)
San Diego
d)
Sacramento
4.
Who were the 49ers?
a)
Gold miners
b)
Locals of California during the gold rush.
c)
Football tram
d)
The boom-town
5.
Which route was the longest distance?
a)
By wagon train
b)
Across the Isthmus of Panama
c)
By ship around Cape Horn
6.
Did most gold miners strike it rich?
a)
yes
b)
no
7.
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
a)
1948
b)
1849
c)
1848
d)
1850
8.
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
a)
John Sutter
b)
Levi Strauss
c)
James Marshall
d)
Mrs. Ross
9.
Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?
a)
Levi Strauss
b)
Elon Musk
c)
John Sutter
d)
John Bidwell
10.
______ was the time period named for the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich
a)
California Gold Rush
b)
Forty-niners
c)
Population Boom
d)
Economic BOOM!!!!!!
11.
Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?
a)
Russians
b)
Chinese
c)
Germans
d)
Gauls
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