Social Studies Ch 9 Vocab Flashcards
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Drought
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Along period of little rain
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Mission
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A settlement set up by a religious group to teach religion and help people
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Steamboat
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A boat powered by an engine
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Sod
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Grass, roots, and dirt the form that grows top layers
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Hub
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A center of activity
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Interstate highway system
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The system of interconnected highways United States
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mound
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A pile of the earth or stone constructed by early Native Americans for a variety of purposes
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Dust bowl
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An area of the Midwest and southwest that was stack by years of drought in the 1930s
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Transcontinental railroad
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A rail line that crosses an entire country
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Trading post
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A kind of store in which goods are traded
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Fur trade
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A Trading goods for animal skins
