Chapters 8 & 9 - The Midwest Flashcards
an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with wildflowers and grasses
prairie
a funnel-shaped, spinning windstorm, sometimes called a cyclone or twister
tornado
a long time with little or no rain
drought
rock that contains enough of one or more kinds of minerals to be mined
ore
a drawing that shows the steps in a process
flowchart
to change in order to make more useful, such as fitting one’s way of living into a new environment
adapt
to measure, especially land
survey
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
township
a law or set of laws
ordinance
land beyond the settled part of a country
frontier
a person who first settles a new place
pioneer
a layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses
sod
able to do everything for oneself, with no help from other people
self-sufficient
a map that shows information about a place during a certain time in history
historical map
a large boat with a flat bottom and square ends
flatboat
the movement of people from one place to another
migration
a boat powered by a steam engine that turns a large paddle wheel
steamboat
a person who sets up a new business
entrepreneur
a place with pens and sheds where cattle are kept before being shipped
stockyard
a line of workers and machines along which a product moves as it is put together one step at a time
assembly line
a way of manufacturing in which many items that are identical can be made quickly and cheaply
mass production
an economy in which factories and machines manufacture most goods
industrial economy
a particular style or method of building
architecture
a center of activity
hub
a large, flat-bottomed boat used on rivers and other inland waterways
barge
goods that are transported
freight
the growth of the proportion of people living in cities compared with that of people in rural areas
urbanization
the preparing of meat for market
meatpacking
