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Chapters 8 & 9 - The Midwest Flashcards

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an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with wildflowers and grasses

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prairie

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a funnel-shaped, spinning windstorm, sometimes called a cyclone or twister

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tornado

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a long time with little or no rain

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drought

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rock that contains enough of one or more kinds of minerals to be mined

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ore

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a drawing that shows the steps in a process

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flowchart

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to change in order to make more useful, such as fitting one’s way of living into a new environment

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adapt

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to measure, especially land

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survey

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a square section of land in the Northwest Territory that is 6 miles on each side; each township was divided into 36 smaller squares of land to be sold to settlers

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township

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a law or set of laws

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ordinance

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land beyond the settled part of a country

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frontier

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a person who first settles a new place

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pioneer

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a layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses

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sod

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able to do everything for oneself, with no help from other people

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self-sufficient

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a map that shows information about a place during a certain time in history

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historical map

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a large boat with a flat bottom and square ends

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flatboat

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the movement of people from one place to another

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migration

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a boat powered by a steam engine that turns a large paddle wheel

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steamboat

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a person who sets up a new business

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entrepreneur

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a place with pens and sheds where cattle are kept before being shipped

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stockyard

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a line of workers and machines along which a product moves as it is put together one step at a time

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assembly line

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a way of manufacturing in which many items that are identical can be made quickly and cheaply

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mass production

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an economy in which factories and machines manufacture most goods

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industrial economy

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a particular style or method of building

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architecture

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a center of activity

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hub

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a large, flat-bottomed boat used on rivers and other inland waterways

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barge

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goods that are transported

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freight

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the growth of the proportion of people living in cities compared with that of people in rural areas

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urbanization

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the preparing of meat for market

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meatpacking

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