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Rural Vocab Practice

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show growing crops and raising animals to provide food and other products  
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definition of cash crop   show
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definition of commercial farming   show
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definition of domesticate   show
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definition of irrigation   show
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definition of livestock   show
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definition of migration   show
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definition of nomad   show
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show materials found in nature that are useful to people  
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definition of rural   show
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definition of subsistence farming   show
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definition of surplus   show
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show examples in Illinois - corn, soybeans, pumpkins  
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show example - farms that sell wheat to companies that make pasta and bread  
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show examples - when wolves became friends with people and when horses were saddled up and ridden  
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example of irrigation   show
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show examples - cows, goats, chickens, reindeer! and camels  
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show examples - nomads moving their camel herd across the desert in search of water & grass  
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example of nomad   show
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show examples - coal from mines in West Virginia - oil from wells in Texas - lobster from Maine - clean water from Lake Michigan - rich black Illinois soil  
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description of rural   show
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show example - video we watched showing rice farmers on hillside terraces - most American farmers when the USA was a baby country - most farmers in Haiti  
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example of surplus   show
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show examples - corn planted in straight rows, all ready to pick at the same time - no weeds -bags of wheat seed -lawns -GMOs -Svarbald Seed Vault  
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