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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Land of fire.
Oro
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

2. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
January 24 - 1848
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

3. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Sourdough
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

4. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
January 24 - 1848
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

5. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

6. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

7. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
He was a carpenter.
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

8. Where was gold discovered?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
In the American River in Coloma
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

9. How is gold different from silver?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
President James K. Polk
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

10. Who was John Sutter?
January 24 - 1848
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Land of fire.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

11. How is gold different from silver?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

12. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
James Marshall
Land of fire.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

13. What is the Spanish word for gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Oro
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

14. Who is credited with discovering gold?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Oro
James Marshall

15. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.
Coyote mining
Coyote mining

16. Who was John Sutter?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

17. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Sourdough
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

18. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
In the American River in Coloma
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

19. Who was president when gold was discovered?
President James K. Polk
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

20. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hydraulic mining

21. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

22. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Oro
Hydraulic mining

23. What does terra del feugo mean?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
January 24 - 1848
Land of fire.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

24. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
January 24 - 1848

25. Where was gold discovered?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma

26. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
President James K. Polk
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

27. On what date was gold discovered in California?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Sourdough
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848

28. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Land of fire.
Oro
Coyote mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

29. What is the Spanish word for gold?
President James K. Polk
Oro
He was a carpenter.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

30. Who was Levi Strauss?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk

31. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

32. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

33. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
He was a carpenter.
He was a carpenter.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

34. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining

35. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
President James K. Polk
Sourdough

36. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
James Marshall
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

37. Who was Levi Strauss?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Hydraulic mining

38. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
He was a carpenter.
In the American River in Coloma
Sourdough

39. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

40. Who is credited with discovering gold?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
James Marshall
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining

41. What does terra del feugo mean?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Land of fire.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

42. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Hydraulic mining
Sourdough
Land of fire.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

43. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Sourdough
President James K. Polk
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

44. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Coyote mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
He was a carpenter.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

45. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Oro
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

46. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Oro
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Land of fire.

47. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
President James K. Polk
He was a carpenter.

48. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
January 24 - 1848
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.