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Gold Rush Vocabulary
This set of cards is to prepare your child for the Gold Rush test they have at the end of this unit.
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History
4th Grade
11/19/2012

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Term
Gold Rush
Definition
A large migration of miners to a newly discovered gold field
Term
Forty-Niner
Definition
A person who took part of the California Gold rush in 1849
Term
Placer Mining
Definition
Mining for precious minerals by using water to wash and dredg away the unwanted material
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California
Definition
The third largest state in the United States that is known for its gold and large earthquakes
Term
Gold
Definition
The yellow mineral that Americans traveled across the country to mine
Term
Prospector
Definition
Someone who searches the ground for mineral deposits
Term
Mining
Definition
The act of extracting precious ores and metals from the earth
Term
Miner
Definition
Laborer who works in a mine
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Ghost Town
Definition
a deserted settlement
Term
Gold Fever
Definition
Greed and excitement due to a gold rush
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