Social Studies Vocabulary

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Social Studies Vocabulary
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• BIGGER BETTER FASTER
• OUR CHANGING NATION

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Assimilate
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• changing a groups culture and traditions so that
  it blends in with another group

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Barbed wire
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• A twisted wire with sharp barbs or points every
  few inches

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Drought
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• a long period of time when there is little or no
  rain

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Exoduster
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• African American settlers who settled on the
  Great Plains

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Extinct
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• A type of animal or plant that once lived on
  Earth but no longer exists.

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habitat
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• The place or type of environment where an animal
  or plant naturally lives or grows.

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Prejudice
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• 1. An opinion about someone based on his or
  her skin color, religion, or other
  characteristics. 2.  a strong feeling or opinion
  formed unfairly or without knowing all the facts

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railhead
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• A town where railroad tracks begin or end

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Reservation
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• land that the government set aside for the
  American Indians

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supply
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• the amount of something that is available for use
  

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Demand
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• the amount of something that people want to buy
  at a certain price

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Transcontinental railroad
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• A railroad line that connected the East to the
  West in the United states

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Homestead
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• a settler's home and land

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International date line
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• longitude line at 180 degrees, point where the
  date changes depending on direction of travel

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sodbusters
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• Great Plains farmers they were called this
  because they had to plow through such thick soil

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transcontinental
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• Spanning or crossing a continent.