| A | B |
| Barbed Wire | helped settlers protect crops and ranchers keep up with cattle |
| Steel Plow | type of tool used to get the land ready to plant |
| railroads | new technology that connected east to west |
| wheat | crop grown in the Great Plains |
| Dry Farming | technique used in farming that works well in dry climates |
| Beef Cattle | type of animal many settlers raised |
| Sod Houses | what the settlers lived in |
| Windmills | helped settlers pump water |