Gold Rush Quiz

Prospectors who arrived in 1849 were nicknamed the _______.

• Miners

• Boomers

• Panners

• Forty-niners

By the end of the Gold Rush, _______ people had traveled to California hoping to get rich.

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 300,000

• 400,000

The process of panning worked because gold has a higher _______ than other materials.

• Melting point

• Specific gravity

• Color intensity

• Texture

Towns that were abandoned after the gold was gone were called _______.

• Boomtowns

• Ghost towns

• Empty towns

• Forgotten towns

Early miners used a method called _______ for gold, which involved scooping dirt and gravel into a _______.

• Sifting; sieve

• Washing; basket

• Panning; pan

• Shaking; bucket

One example of a boomtown that grew rapidly was _______ _______.

• Los Angeles

• Sacramento City

• San Diego

• San Francisco

John Sutter had hired James Marshall to build a _______.

• School

• Bridge

• Sawmill

• Church

Gold was first discovered by _______ _______ at _______ _______ near Coloma.

• James Marshall at Sutter's Mill
• James Sutter at Marshall's Mill

• John Coloma at Sutter's Ranch

• John Sutter at Marshall's Mine

The California Gold Rush took place between _______ and _______.

• 1848–1855
• 1828-1835

• 1850-1860

• 1865-1875

Towns that quickly grew when miners arrived in large numbers were called _______.

• Boomtowns
• Ghost towns

• Mining villages

• Trade centers