Test your basic knowledge |

Gold Rush Trivia

Instructions:

Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
In the American River in Coloma

2. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining

3. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining
Sourdough
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

4. Who was Levi Strauss?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

5. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining
Coyote mining

6. Who was John Sutter?
In the American River in Coloma
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Land of fire.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

7. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

8. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Sourdough
Sourdough
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

9. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Sourdough
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

10. Where was gold discovered?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
In the American River in Coloma

11. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Coyote mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Oro

12. 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.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
James Marshall
Sourdough

13. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
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.

14. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Oro
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

15. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
President James K. Polk
James Marshall

16. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Hydraulic mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

17. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
In the American River in Coloma
Oro
He was a carpenter.

18. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
James Marshall
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Land of fire.
In the American River in Coloma

19. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

20. Who was president when gold was discovered?
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.
President James K. Polk

21. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

22. 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?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
James Marshall

23. What are some of the properties of gold?
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
January 24 - 1848

24. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
Sourdough
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

25. How is gold different from silver?
James Marshall
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

26. What is the Spanish word for gold?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

27. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Oro
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

28. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Oro
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

29. How is gold different from silver?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

30. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
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?
Coyote mining

31. On what date was gold discovered in California?
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
January 24 - 1848

32. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
January 24 - 1848
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Land of fire.

33. 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
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Hydraulic mining

34. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

35. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

36. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
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. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.

38. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

39. Who is credited with discovering gold?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
James Marshall
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

40. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Land of fire.
January 24 - 1848
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

41. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

42. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

43. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Oro
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

44. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Hydraulic mining
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

45. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
In the American River in Coloma
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

46. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
President James K. Polk
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

47. Who was Levi Strauss?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

48. What is the Spanish word for gold?
James Marshall
Oro
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.