Gold Rush

Gold Rush

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Gold Rush

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Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

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Created by

JEFF KASH

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

​On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s mill in _________, California.

San Fernanda

North Hollywood

Sacramento

San Francisco

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s mill in _________, California.

1748

1848

1948

1648

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why has gold been valued gold throughout the years? Choose all the correct answers. 

it is scarce

it is beautiful

  • it is easy to shape

it is resistant to tarnish

  • it glows in the dark

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following year thousands of gold seekers set out to make their fortunes. A ______ who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.

Dodger

Forty-Niner

Forty-Eighter

San Franciscan

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A 49er who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.

Sail 18,000 miles around South America and up the Pacific coast—suffering from storms, seasickness, and spoiled food.

Sail around the horn of Africa.

Sail to the narrow Isthmus of Panama, cross overland (and risk catching a deadly tropical disease), and then sail to California.

Travel the trails across North America— braving rivers, prairies, mountains, and all the hardships of the trail.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

​By _____, the gold rush was over. 

1849

1850

1851

1852

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

While it lasted, about _______ people flooded into California because of the Gold Rush. 

250

2.500

25,000

250,000

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