1. Jeopardy The Gold rush version

2. 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt Gold Rush Questions

3. 1) Why is gold so valuable? a) It is good for food b) It is very malleable c) It is brittle d) you can eat it

4. Answer b) It is very malleable

5. 2) Who found the gold? a) Abraham Lincoln b) George Meade c) James Marshall d) John Sutter

6. Answer c) James Marshall

7. 3) How did the Gold Rush start out? a) Not much, really b) A Whole bunch of people came c) No one came at all d) none of these

8. Answer a) Not much, really

9. 4) What race came first besides Americans? a)Chinese b)b) Spanish c) Irish d) Americans

10. Answer a)Chinese

11. 5)When did the Gold Rush end? a) 1845 b) 1850 c) 1855 d)1899

12. Answer c) 1855

13. 6)What are the consequences of getting gold? a) disease b) cave ins c) death on desert d) finding nothing

14. Answer b) cave ins

15. 7) Why does gold not rust? a) 90% pure (natural) b) Not a metal c) none d) because it is found underground

16. Answer a) 90% pure (natural)

17. 8) What are one of the minerals often know as fool's gold a)Pyrite b)Gold c) Asurite d) Maginite

18. Answer a)Pyrite

19. 9) Who were the first people to make it to California? a) The Californians b) The 49ers c) People who lived the closest to the gold fields. d) None

20. Answer b) The 49ers

21. 10) Which one of these are not one of the Gold seekers? a) China b) Turkey c) Russia d) Germany

22. Answer c) Russia

23. 11) Was there only 1 gold rush in the world? a) There were a few b) There was a lot c) There are none d) none

24. Answer b) There was a lot

25. 12) How many countries came to California? a)Almost all b)b) none c) average d) A few

26. Answer a)Almost all

27. 13) Which people got more money in the California Gold Rush? a) Gold miners b) Trade c) People selling supplies for the Gold rush d) Government officials

28. Answer c) People selling supplies for the Gold rush

29. 14) How much money was found in that time? a) $100,000,000 b) $10,000,000 c) $0.10 d) $81,000,000

30. Answer d) $81,000,000

31. How many people died in the California Gold Rush? a) 18,000 b) 900 c) Not founded d) No one died

32. Answer c) Not founded

33. 16) When the Gold Rush ended, why did people go to Nevada a) Silver was found b) More gold was found c) Diamonds were found d) Had to settle there for good climate

34. Answer a) Silver was found

35. 17) What happened to James Marshall when the Gold Rush ended. a)He died penniless b)He kept some gold for himself c) when he discovered it he went to Nevada d) Nothing

36. Answer a) He died penniless

37. 18) What happened thanks to the gold rush? a) California became the thirty first state b) The first transcontinental railroad was made c) a and b d) Nothing

38. Answer c) a and b

39. 19) How many gold rushes are there in the world? a) A lot b) Rarely c) Average d) None

40. Answer a) A lot

41. 15) When the Gold Rush ended where did everyone go? a) Virginia b) Nevada c) Mexico d) Stayed

42. Answer b) Nevada