| A | B |
|---|
| resource | an available supply of something |
| Product | an item made through human or mechanical effort or by a process |
| market | the opportunity to buy and sell products and or services |
| textile | cloth or fabric: industry centered in New England |
| iron ore | a material used to make steel : centered in Pittsburgh, PA |
| Aggricultural | having to do with farming or the raising of animals |
| beef cattle raising | the keeping and bringing up of cattle for meat |
| steel plow | invented by John Deere- tool with heavy blade used to break up soil |
| dry farming | a farming method used in extremely dry climates |
| sod house | houses made of sod, grass covered soil |
| windmill | a wind-powered machine used to get water from deep in the earth |
| technologies | products or tools used for a given purpose |
| Great Plains | an area of the United States characterized by flatlands, grassy plains and a dry, windy climate |
| eroded | washed away by wind or water |
| invention | a device, method or process developed through study and experimentation |
| adaptation | a change make to something so it is more useful |
| climate | the weather in a particular area over a period of time |
| treaty | A formal agreement between two parties. In this case the United States and American Indians |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | the last major Native American victory |
| Sitting Bull | Leader of the Lakota Sioux, fought and defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| Geronimo | Apache leader who evaded the army form many years. Surrendered in 1886 |
| Nez Perce | An American Indian tribe located in the Northwest part of the United States. They were lead by Chief Joseph |
| Chief Joseph | Native American leader so lead his tribe in their retreat to Canada.( "I will fight no more forever") |
| Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) | Marked the end of armed conflict between whites and Native Americans. |
| American Indians | people found on the North American Contient when explorers arrived |
| Transcontinental Railroad | a system of trains and track that connected the east coast to the west coast by land |
| Barbed Wire | a fencing with spikes to prevent cattle from escaping and to keep redators out |
| reaper | a farm machine that gathers crops from a field |
| expansion | the act or process of growing or becoming larger |
| migration | the movement of people or animals |
| reservations | a place where Native Americans were sent to be segregated from white Americans |
| "A treeless wasteland" | before the civil war people percived the Great Plains to be this |
