| A | B |
| Cattle Drive | Taking cattle from Texas to railroads in Kansas |
| Chisholm Trail | Famous cattle drive trail that began in San Antonio and ended in Abilene |
| Cowboy | Young men who took the cattle along the cattle drives |
| Monopoly | When only one person or company provides or produces a service or activity |
| Quarantine | To remove or seperate members of a population to prevent the spread of disease |
| Subsistence | Having enough food or resources to live by |
| surplus | having more than enough of something |
| The Grange | Organization that promoted education about farming |
| Yield | The amount of something that is produced |
| Extraction | Taking things from the Earth |
| Specialization | Only doing or making one thing |