1. Westward Expansion Vocabulary

2. assimilate A small group of people (Indians) that tried to look like and act like most of the people (whites).

3. Natural resources Found in nature: water plants animals minerals

4. ore A mineral (rock)that is mined for the valuable resource it contains, such as gold or silver or copper, etc.

5. Adapt To change how you use something or how you do something.

6. Dry farming A way of farming where the seeds are planted deep into the ground where there is some moisture.

7. National markets Products are made, bought and transported from one side of the United States to the other.

8. Reservation An area of public land set aside for Native Americans.

9. Transcontinental Across the continent

10. Open range Land that is not fenced in

11. Homestead 160 acres of free land if it is lived in for 5 years and improve it by farming.

12. Extra words

13. Ranch A ranch raises animals such as cattle, sheep, or horses.

14. A farm grows crops. (It may have a few animals like chickens and cows.) Farm

15. Cowboys Cowboys work on a ranch.

16. Miners Miners were people who worked in the mines for silver or copper or gold.