Social Studies Review Unit 3

Question 1

Iron pyrite that looks like gold but is not.

Accepted Answer

Fool’s gold

Question 2

A ___________ is a town that grows rapidly as a result of new business.

Accepted Answer

boomtown

Question 3

Gold was first found in California at __________ in Coloma.

Accepted Answer

Sutter's Mill

Question 4

Some of the ______________ were made during the gold rush time period.

Accepted Answer

first maps of the United States

Question 5

A person who starts a new business with the hope of making money.

Accepted Answer

entrepreneur

Question 6

To ratify is to officially approve (say yes to something legally).

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

The routes to get to California by wagon were called _________________.

Accepted Answer

the California Trail, the Spanish Trail, and the Santa Fe Trail

Question 8

A written plan (set of rules) for governing a country or state.

Accepted Answer

constitution

Question 9

California was originally inhabited by ______, then it was controlled by _____, then by _____, and finally by the _____.

Accepted Answer

Native Americans, Spain, Mexico, United States

Question 10

The town that became a boomtown during the gold rush was ____________.

Accepted Answer

San Francisco

Question 11

A type of government in which citizens elect leaders to represent them.

Accepted Answer

republic

Question 12

A ____________ is a solution to a disagreement in which each side gives up a part of what it wants (a win-win).

Accepted Answer

compromise

Question 13

Someone who is chosen to act for someone else.

Accepted Answer

representative

Question 14

The practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 15

The new settlers that came to California during the Gold Rush were called “forty-niners” because it was the year _____.

Accepted Answer

1849

Question 16

A person who tries to escape from an authority (like jail or a slave owner).

Accepted Answer

fugitive

Question 17

Russian settlers came to California in the early 1800s because they wanted to ____________.

Accepted Answer

trap sea otters

Question 18

A strip of rich gold deposits in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Accepted Answer

The Mother Lode

Question 19

Who also benefited from the Gold Rush besides the miners was:

Accepted Answer

those that sold equipment, hotels, bars, restaurants

Question 20

John Sutter built a fort to...

Accepted Answer

sell supplies.

Question 21

A person who is one of the first settlers of a part of a country.

Accepted Answer

pioneer

Question 22

To move from one place to another.

Accepted Answer

Migrate

Question 23

________ means to grow larger.

Accepted Answer

Expand

Question 24

A person who is chosen to speak for others.

Accepted Answer

delegate

Question 25

A small group of Americans that started a revolt, or uprising against Mexico in 1846.

Accepted Answer

The Bear Flag Revolt

Question 26

People came to California by ______ and by ________.

Accepted Answer

ship, wagon trains

Question 27

To immigrate is to come into another country to live

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

To officially ask someone to do something (like signatures from everyone that wants a law to change).

Accepted Answer

petition

Social Studies Review Unit 3

Questions 28

Social Studies Review Unit 3

Questions 28