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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What is the Spanish word for gold?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Oro
Coyote mining
James Marshall

2. Who was Levi Strauss?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

3. How is gold different from silver?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

4. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Hydraulic mining
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

5. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

6. Who was John Sutter?
Sourdough
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Oro
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

7. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

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

9. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Oro
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma

10. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
Land of fire.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
He was a carpenter.

11. How is gold different from silver?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

12. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
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.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

13. Who was John Sutter?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

14. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
He was a carpenter.

15. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
James Marshall

16. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hydraulic mining
President James K. Polk
Sourdough

17. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Sourdough
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

18. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
He was a carpenter.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

19. What are some of the properties of gold?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

20. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

21. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining
Coyote mining

22. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
James Marshall
Sourdough
Sourdough
Coyote mining

23. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
January 24 - 1848

24. Who was president when gold was discovered?
President James K. Polk
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Land of fire.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

25. What are some of the properties of gold?
President James K. Polk
President James K. Polk
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

26. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

27. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Hydraulic mining
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining

28. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
He was a carpenter.

29. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

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

31. What is the Strait of Magellan?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

32. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848
Oro

33. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Oro
Sourdough

34. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
He was a carpenter.
Oro
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

35. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
President James K. Polk
He was a carpenter.
Oro
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

36. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Coyote mining
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

37. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
January 24 - 1848

38. Where was gold discovered?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma
Land of fire.

39. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
January 24 - 1848

40. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Coyote mining
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

41. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Sourdough
James Marshall
Oro

42. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
He was a carpenter.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

43. What is the Spanish word for gold?
James Marshall
James Marshall
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

44. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Sourdough

45. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
James Marshall
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

46. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Coyote mining
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Coyote mining
January 24 - 1848

47. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
In the American River in Coloma

48. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough