Chapters 8 & 9 - The Midwest Flashcards
(28 cards)
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
