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- 1. Multiple Choice1. What was "gold fever?"A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive goldB. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in CaliforniaC. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for goldD. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold
- 2. Multiple Choice2. Which of the following people was most likely to be a "49er?"A. A 50-year-old man who was a college professor of geologyB. A 30-year-old female farmer from OklahomaC. A 40-year-old man who was born and raised in California gold countryD. A 20-year-old farmer from Missouri
- 3. Multiple Choice3. Place the following events in sequence: A) Gold is discovered in California; B) California becomes a state; C) The Alaska gold rush beginsA. A, B, CB. B, A, CC. C, B, AD. A, C, B
- 4. Multiple Choice4. What can you infer about California from the information presented in the movie?A. Before 1849, its capital city was San FranciscoB. Before 1849, relatively few people lived thereC. Before 1849, it was impossible to reach by land or seaD. Before 1849, it had a reputation for being lawless and violent
- 5. Multiple Choice5. You were most likely to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush if you:A. Got to California very quickly after gold had been discoveredB. Used devices like the long tom and the cradleC. Avoided mining campsD. Took the sea route to California instead of the land route
- 6. Multiple Choice6. If you wanted to go from New York to California by ship, you would:A. Travel through the Panama CanalB. Sail northward to the Arctic Ocean, head west, and then go south past AlaskaC. Sail through the Great Lakes, and then travel west along the Missouri RiverD. Sail south all the way around the tip of South America, and then go north again
- 7. Multiple Choice7. Which word best describes mining camps?A. WealthyB. PlacidC. RowdyD. Large
- 8. Multiple Choice10. Why did the gold rush end?A. California passed a law against gold prospectingB. Most of the land in California was bought up by fortune-seekersC. All the easy-to-find gold was quickly takenD. The Civil War broke out, and prospectors had to go and fight
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