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4. Vocabulary People Irrigation Cowboys and Cowgirls Ranching 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Cattle Country

5. This vocabulary word also means “fat”

6. Tallow

7. This refers to the land given to settlers to raise crops

8. Homestead

9. A trench or pipe used to bring water from a distance

10. Aqueduct

11. Trail created by Jesse Chisholm from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas

12. Chisholm Trail

13. These were created to keep people cool in the Southwest

14. Air conditioners

15. This person blazed the Chisholm Trail in 1865

16. Jesse Chisholm

17. This person started a meat- packing industry in Chicago

18. Philip Armour

19. This person developed one of the first useful air- conditioner systems

20. Willis Haviland Carrier

21. This person was a sharpshooting cowgirl in the Southwest

22. Annie Oakley

23. This person’s real name was Martha Canary and was a famous cowgirl in wild-west shows in the Southwest

24. Calamity Jane

25. These people brought cattle to Texas

26. Spanish missionaries and soldiers

27. Name two purposes for cattle in the Southwest

28. Food, selling, leather, buckles, buttons, soap, candles

29. This booming business attracted people to the Southwest

30. Meat-packing industry

31. Cowboys moved the cows so slowly because…

32. The cows could lose too much weight and become weak and die

33. Texas ranchers needed to bring the cattle to Kansas or Missouri to sell because…

34. There were no railroad connections in Texas, and Kansas and Missouri were railroad towns

35. The Sonoran Desert in Arizona gets only about this much rainfall a year

36. 8 to 10 inches

37. Why is air conditioning to important to the Southwest?

38. It allows businesses and people to thrive in the Southwest

39. Name two ways that people of the Southwest get water for their crops and homes

40. Aqueducts, dams, reservoirs

41. Name one way that irrigation has helped the desert of the Southwest

42. Richer farmland, more inviting place to live

43. Describe the California Water Project

44. It took place in 1960 and it was designed to bring water to Southern California. It provided funds for an aqueduct on the Colorado River.

45. True or False: Cowboys often fought with Native Americans

46. False: Cowboys and Native Americans rarely fought

47. These people were hired on as cowhands in the Southwest

48. Freed slaves, Native Americans, European settlers

49. Describe the lifestyle of a cowboy

50. Cowboys worked long hours, slept on the ground, rarely carried guns, and rarely fought with Native Americans

51. Native American groups charged this for anyone travelling on the Chisholm Trail

52. 10 cents a head for cattle, grazing fee, or a head or two of cattle

53. Name a hazard of cattle travelling on the Chisholm Trail

54. Cattle were afraid to cross rivers, cattle were swept away by running rivers, cattle got stuck in mud or quicksand

55. This ranch still remains in the Southwest and it spreads over 800,000 acres in South Texas

56. King Ranch

57. These were built in the Southwest, stopping long cattle drives

58. Railroads

59. By 1890, ranchers could no longer graze their cattle on the open range because…

60. Population in the Southwest was increasing

61. Homesteaders fenced their land because…

62. They didn’t want their animals to wander off

63. What two things did ranchers have to do for their animals once they were fenced in

64. Raise crops for eating and drill water wells for drinking

65. Make your wager

66. This was the final destination of The Long Walk

67. Bosque Redondo