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Quarter 3. Week 22
Forty-niners Vocabulary
Throughout this week, you learned how miners went about staking a claim during
the Gold Rush and the different routes the forty-niners took to get there. Write
the word that corresponds to the description given.
Cape Horn
scurvy
cholera
Bidwell
elephant Isthmus of Panama
hydraulic mining
gold rush
2
This costly method damaged the environment
and scarred the land forever.
2.
When heading to California, many forty-niners
said they were going to see this.
3.
This disease was caused by not getting
enough vitamin C and caused bleeding gums and open sores.
This is the southern tip of South
America
5.
This is a narrow stretch of land with water on
both sides.
4.
6.
This occurred when gold was discovered in an
area, and people gathered to the site hoping to get rich.
7.
_This is a disease of the small intestine caused
by drinking dirty water.
8.
This person arrived at Marsh Ranch, near
Mount Diablo, on November 4, 1841.
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HSS Standards Covered: 4.3.3
Cognitive Complexity Level: MODERATE/2-3

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