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Topic 1

Continued Westward Expansion

QuestionAnswer
Transcontinental crossing a continent
Prejudice an unfair, negative opinion that can lead to unjust treatment
Homestead a settler's home and land
Habitat the area where an animal or a plant normally lives or grows
Drought a long period with little or no rain
Demand the amount of something that people want to buy at certain prices.
Supply the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices
Reservation land that the government set aside for American Indians.
Extinct when a certain type of plant or animal no longer exists.
Assimilate to change a group's culture and traditions so that it blends with a larger group.
Cattle trails trails used to move cattle in the west ??
Black Cowboys of Texas worked on the cattle trails to move cows adn had to deal with discrimination
Great Western Cattle Trail was used in the 19th century for movement of cattle to markets in the East. It ran west of and roughly parallel to the Chisholm Trail
Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the late 19th century to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward
Native American the group of people who originaly lived in America
relocation the movement of Native Americans to new land or reservations
Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona
Salton Sea is a saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault in California
Great Salt Lake located in the state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere
Mojave Desert located in southeastern California and southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States. Named after the Mohave tribe of Native Americans, it displays typical Basin and Range topography.
agricultural farming or growing plants
Natural resources a material from nature, such as soil or water.
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