| Question 1: In South Africa, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush in the Transvaal was important to that country's history, leading to the founding of Johannesburg and tensions between the ________ and British settlers. | |||
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| Question 2: Witwatersrand Gold Rush, Transvaal, South Africa (1886); the resulting influx of miners was one of the triggers of the ________ | |||
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| Question 3: Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in ________, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and the United States, while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere. | |||
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| Question 4: Porcupine Gold Rush, 1909-11, Timmins, Ontario, ________ – little known, but one of the largest in terms of gold mined, 67 million ounces as of 2001 | |||
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| Question 5: The more advanced techniques of ground sluicing, ________, and dredging may be used. | |||
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| Question 6: ________, British Columbia (1858–1861) | |||
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| Question 7: Pikes Peak Gold Rush, ________, Colorado (1859) | |||
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| Question 8: Gold rushes presumably extend back as far as gold mining, to the Roman Empire, whose gold mining was described by Diodorus Siculus and Pliny the Elder, and probably further back to ________. | |||
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| Question 9: As the miners dig down, they may find that the deeper part of vein contains gold locked in sulfide or telluride minerals, which will require ________. | |||
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| Question 10: Palmer River Gold Rush, Palmer River, ________, Australia (1872) | |||
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