Vocabulary Unit 6 week 3

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Gold Rush

• A small, rapidly growing town that emerges during the Gold Rush.

• A rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield.

• The nickname for people (mostly men) who came to California in 1849 looking for gold.

• A piece of land that a prospector or miner believes contains valuable minerals.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Forty-Niner

• A large vein or zone of gold or silver. A term used to talk about something valuable or in great abundance.

• An auctioneer during the Gold Rush.

• The nickname for people (mostly men) who came to California in 1849 looking for gold.

• A rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Mother Lode

• A large vein or zone of gold or silver. A term used to talk about something valuable or in great abundance.

• A small, rapidly growing town that emerges during the Gold Rush.

• The nickname for people (mostly men) who came to California in 1849 looking for gold.

• An increase in prices and fall in purchasing value of money.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Inflation

• A large vein or zone of gold or silver. A term used to talk about something valuable or in great abundance.

• A person who searches for gold or other valuable materials.

• A piece of land that a prospector or miner believes contains valuable minerals.

• An increase in prices and fall in purchasing value of money.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Cheap John

• An auctioneer during the Gold Rush.

• A person who searches for gold or other valuable materials.

• A piece of land that a prospector or miner believes contains valuable minerals.

• An increase in prices and fall in purchasing value of money.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Boomtown

• A small, rapidly growing town that emerges during the Gold Rush.

• A rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield.

• A piece of land that a prospector or miner believes contains valuable minerals.

• An increase in prices and fall in purchasing value of money.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Prospector

• An auctioneer during the Gold Rush.

• The nickname for people (mostly men) who came to California in 1849 looking for gold.

• A piece of land that a prospector or miner believes contains valuable minerals.

• A person who searches for gold or other valuable materials.

Choose the definition that matches the word:

Claim

• An auctioneer during the Gold Rush.

• The nickname for people (mostly men) who came to California in 1849 looking for gold.

• A small rapidly growing town that emerges during the Gold Rush.

• A piece of land that a prospector or miner believes contains valuable minerals.

Fill in the blank:

During the Gold Rush, __________ made the price of supplies very expensive.

• Prospector

• Inflation

• Claim

• Boomtown

Fill in the blank:

A miner would stake his _______ by putting posts in the ground with cans or rags on.

• Mother Lode

• Cheap John

• Claim

• Boomtown