Chapter 7 vocabulary

Question 1

unbranded range animal or cattle; a motherless calf

Answer 1

maverick

Question 2

cattle run in which a large heard is moved across great distances to a railhead where they are shipped to market

Answer 2

long drive

Question 3

organization of citizens who take the law into their own hands for their protection

Answer 3

vigilance committee

Question 4

stage entertainment consisting of various acts

Answer 4

vaudeville

Question 5

novel, story, or Hollywood motion picture depicting the life of the western United States during the latter half of the nineteenth century

Answer 5

Western

Question 6

line of longitude; a great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the poles

Answer 6

meridian

Question 7

economic good; product of agriculture; article of commerce

Answer 7

commodity

Question 8

frequent roaming from place to place without a fixed pattern of movement, usually following a food sources

Answer 8

nomadic