S.S Ch 5 Test VOCAB

Question 1

Pioneer

Answer 1

One of the first of a certain group to enter or settle a region

Question 2

Frontier

Answer 2

The edge of a country or a settled area

Question 3

Interpreter

Answer 3

A person who explains what is said in one language to people who speak a different language

Question 4

Ruling

Answer 4

An official decision

Question 5

Textile

Answer 5

Cloth or fabric

Question 6

Entrepreneur

Answer 6

Someone who starts a new business

Question 7

Interchangeable Parts

Answer 7

Made by a machine so all parts are exactly the same size and shape

Question 8

Mass production

Answer 8

Making many products at once

Question 9

Productivity

Answer 9

The amount of goods produced in a certain amount of time by a person, machine, or group.

Question 10

Manifest Destiny

Answer 10

Belief that the United States should spread across the entire North American continent

Question 11

Boomtown

Answer 11

A town that grows very quickly

Question 12

Emancipation

Answer 12

Freedom

Question 13

Transcontinental

Answer 13

Crossing a continent

Question 14

Pre-Justice

Answer 14

An unfair opinion that can lead to unjust treatment

Question 15

What is the Trail Of Tears?

Answer 15

The journey of the Native Americans to Indian territory

Question 16

What is the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 16

When machines went from beginning hand made to machine made

Question 17

What is the gold rush?

Answer 17

In 1848 gold was discovered in California, this caused people from all over to travel west leading them to boomtown