Gold Rush Pt 1

Gold can be used in dentistry, automotive and medical industry. 

• True
• False

Gold is hard and cannot be shaped into other forms.

• True
• False

What is the largest Gold Nugget in the world called?

• Welcome Stranger
• Big Nugget
• Gold Nugget #456
• Lucky Gold

How is the purity of gold measured?

• Bales
• Karats
• Cubes

During the Gold Rush, how did they weigh gold?

• By biting it
• With a specialized machine
• With a pinch of the fingers or weighing scale.

How does Gold form? 

• From  a meteor
• From an explosion
• It forms when other minerals combine. 
• Molten Rock coming from deep in the earth

Where can gold be found?

• Within or under rocks
• In the streams
• In sand
• All of the above

Who was John Marshall

• The owner of a mill
• A worker in the mill who found gold.
• The president during the gold rush
• A shopkeeper

How did the gold rush in California  FIRST Start?

• There was an ad in a paper.
• People sent letters to their family. 
• A man ran through the streets shouting that gold had been found.

Who were the 49'rs?

• People who owned the mill where gold was first found. 
• Men over 49 who came to mine for gold
• A group of people who came to California right after gold had been discovered in 1848-1849