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Chapter 2 Vocabulary Test

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Dry Farming
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Hacienda
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Vigilance Committee
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Homestead
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Hydraulic Mining
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Nomad
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placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
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a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
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A type of farming practiced in arid areas without irrigation by planting drought-resistant crops and maintaining a fine surface tilth or mulch that protects the natural moisture of the soil from evaporation.
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a house and surrounding land owned by a family — often, it includes a farmhouse.
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an unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts.
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a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
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take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.
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a person who operates a farm.
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a geographical area constituting a city or town
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a financial product sold by financial institutions that is designed to accept and grow funds from an individual and then, upon annuitization, pay out a stream of payments to the individual at a later point in time.
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govt owned grazing land that ranchers use to feed their herds
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were very large farms in the United States performing large-scale operations, mostly growing and harvesting wheat.
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a piece of land deeded by the government to a Native American, as part of the division of tribally held land.

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