Miner s Name: Miner s #: Grade: % Task 2 California Gold Rush Tasks Read page 1 California Gold Rush and answer the questions below. 1. Gold is a bright. 2. Gold will not or. 3. The mixture of gold and other metals is called an. 4. Gold alloys are measured in. 5. Pure gold is said to be karats. 6. Half gold and half other metals are karats. 7. Gold is valuable because it is. 8. tried to make gold from other metals. 9. The first gold rush in America took place in. Company collects 5 golden nuggets for a job well done!
Task 3 Grade: % Read page 2 The Beginning and answer the questions below. 1. In 1848, the first flakes of gold were discovered on whose land? 2. Who discovered the first flakes of gold in California? 3. John Sutter and James Marshall decided to keep the news a. 4. It took approximately for the news to reach the East Coast and other countries. 5. The influx of people entering California to search for gold is known as the. 6. What year did the California Gold Rush occur? 7. Most prospectors lived in small or canvas. 8. 9. discovers gold at CA becomes the state. Mill. Company collects 5 golden nuggets for answering all the questions correctly!
Task 4 Grade: % Read Getting to the Gold Fields and Journey by Land and answer the questions below. 1. Travelers reached the gold fields by one of two ways; by and by. 2. Taking the overland route took travelers months to reach the gold fields. 3. Most travelers chose the overland route because it was more. 4. The travelers that chose the overland route had to wait until to leave for the gold fields. 5. Miners preferred to travel together in groups to the gold fields. The groups formed were called. 6. The biggest killer for overland travelers was. 7. Near the end of the overland route, the 49ers had to cross a desert called. 8. Two disadvantages of crossing the desert were and. 9. After crossing the desert, travelers then had to pass through the Mountains. 10. Two disadvantages of having to pass through the mountains were and. Congratulations! Your company collects 5 golden nuggets for completing the task successfully!
Task 5 Grade: % Read Journey by the Panama Route and answer the questions below. 1. The two sea routes taken to the gold fields were the route and the route. 2. The sea route to the gold fields made in great demand? 3. Taking the Panama route took travelers approximately months to reach the gold fields. 4. The Panama route was the most route to take to the gold fields. 5. Once travelers reached Panama, they had to take a canoe up river and then had to walk through the. 6. Two disadvantages of walking through the jungle were and. 7. Travelers became stranded in Panama because they had to wait for a ship to arrive. Many times their wait was long because many sailors wanted to stay in to join the gold rush. Way to go! You just earned
5 more golden nuggets.
Task 6 Grade: % Read Journey Around Cape Horn and answer the questions below. 1. The average trip around Cape Horn took between months. 2. This route was the best choice for voyagers who needed to bring with them to California. 3. Cape Horn is located at the tip of. 4. Sailing around Cape Horn was dangerous because of monstrous, terrifying and frigid. 5. Many ships sunk to the bottom of the. 6. Fresh fruits and vegetables spoiled quickly causing many men to become ill. Some died from a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C called. 7. When passengers died, their bodies were in and buried at sea. 8. Even with the many dangers, the Cape Horn route was known to be the route to the gold fields. Awesome job! Collect 5 golden nuggets!
Task 7 Grade: % Read the entire section of Mining for Gold and answer the questions below. 1. and were used to separate gold from dirt. 2. was the most widely used method of mining in California. 3. Gold settled to the bottom of a pan because it was. 4. In the cradle method of mining, the rocking action allowed and to run out while the gold stayed lodged at the bottom. 5. Long Toms were built near or so that the water could constantly run through them. 6. The Long Tom could get times as much gold as a cradle. 7. mining used high-powered hoses to shoot water at the sides of mountains to get the gold out. 8. This method of mining was the most but also the most to the environment. Eureka! You did it again. Collect 5 golden nuggets!
Task 8 Grade: % Read the entire section of Law and Order with the exception of The Rest of the Story and answer the questions below. 1. Miners in sparsely populated areas were forced to create their own. 2. The two purposes of camp meetings were to and to they made. 3. Camp meetings were called when a miner felt or wanted a solved. 4. All decisions made by a judge and jury were backed up by the. 5. The most important laws to the miners were those in regard to a claim. 6. A miner could keep a claim as long as he it. 7. If a claim went unworked for more than, another miner could claim it. 8. Camp justice was usually fair but not for the who were mistreated and not protected by the miners system of justice. 9. Foreigners were allowed to stake a claim, but were forced to leave it if what? 10. What group of people received the worst treatment of any non-white group? 11. California s ends!